Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy Sgt. Garret Hardin has been indicted on a murder charge in the fatal shooting of Roderick Brooks.
Family identifies 47-year-old Roderick Brooks as the man shot and killed by a Harris County Sheriff deputy on July 8th in the 2000 block of FM 1960.According to deputies, Brooks stole from a Dollar General on FM 1960 and pushed the manager at the store.
Hardin pursued Brooks in a foot chase and ended up deploying his taser. Authorities said while the two men were on the ground, Brooks was able to get ahold of the sergeant’s taser. That led to Hardin opening fire with his duty weapon, fatally striking Brooks. Authorities said Brooks posed a threat to the law enforcement officer, however, the family’s attorney, Sadiyah Evangelista Karriem, said several witnesses at the scene, in addition to pictures and videos circulating, paint a different story.‘You cannot trust a skunk to investigate its own funk!’: Family seeks answers in ‘cold blood’ fatal police shooting of Roderick Brooks
BODY CAM VIDEO: Houston family outraged after watching deadly deputy-involved shooting of their loved one ‘We want to see everything’: Family of man shot, killed by deputy wants body, dashboard videos releasedBriana Zamora-Nipper joined the KPRC 2 digital team in 2019. When she’s not hard at work in the KPRC 2 newsroom, you can find Bri drinking away her hard earned wages at JuiceLand, running around Hermann Park, listening to crime podcasts or ransacking the magazine stand at Barnes & Noble.
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