4 Houston Police Officers Fired Over Fatal Shooting Of Nicolas Chavez

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4 Houston Police Officers Fired Over Fatal Shooting Of Nicolas Chavez
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Four Houston police officers have been terminated for their involvement in the shooting death of Nicolas Chavez in April. They fired a total of 24 shots at him — only three of which were deemed 'objectively reasonable.'

"The discharge of those 21 shots for those four members of the Houston Police Department are not objectively reasonable,"Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said of the deadly encounter with Nicolas Chavez in April."The discharge of those 21 shots for those four members of the Houston Police Department are not objectively reasonable,"Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said of the deadly encounter with Nicolas Chavez in April.

"The discharge of those 21 shots for those four members of the Houston Police Department are not objectively reasonable," Acevedo said."I believe that anyone that watches this tape, that sees this, would see that they had a lot of opportunities and a lot of other options readily available to them."

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