Post-mortem: Man fatally shot by Texas troopers struck 16 occasions


The post-mortem of a person fatally shot by two state troopers following a Dallas site visitors cease reveals he had 16 gunshot wounds, together with photographs to the top, back and front torso and each legs.

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The Dallas Morning Information obtained the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s post-mortem report for 27-year-old Schaston Hodge. Troopers Joshua Engleman and Robert Litvin shot him Aug. 17 following what police described as a brief pursuit after the troopers tried to cease Hodge for failing to make use of a flip sign.

“They killed my son like he was an animal. They shot my son 16 occasions, they nearly blew his head off,” Hodge’s mom, Shandra Brackens-Hodge stated in a press release to the newspaper.

Lt. Lonny Haschel, a spokesman with the state’s Division of Public Security, stated Texas Rangers investigated and turned a report over to the Dallas County District Legal professional’s workplace and a grand jury declined to indict the troopers.

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“Your complete incident, captured on video, was offered to a Dallas County Grand Jury and returned a No Invoice,” Haschel stated in an electronic mail, the newspaper reported.

DPS has declined to launch movies of the capturing.

The pair have been working in Dallas as a part of Gov. Greg Abbot’s resolution to ship troopers to assist Dallas police throughout a rise in violent crime.

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