Adolfo Serrano was charged with intoxication manslaughter of a peace officer in the death of Precinct 7 Constable Deputy Jennifer Chavis, the Harris County sheriff’s office announced Sunday.
A Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy and an official with the medical examiners office look at the wreckage of a vehicle involved in an accident on the South Sam Houston Tollway between Hillcroft and Fondren on Saturday, April 2, 2022, at in Houston.A 36-year-old man is accused of driving drunk when he rammed into the back of a Precinct 7 squad car on Saturday in southwest Houston, killing the deputy inside as she waited to conduct a traffic stop on his vehicle.
Instead, Serrano allegedly veered out of his lane and slammed straight into the back of Chavis’ squad car, the sheriff’s office said. Her department-issued Chevrolet Tahoe went flying down the tollway and immediately went up in flames, leaving Chavis dead in the wreckage.
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