A grand jury has acquitted three Austin, Texas, police officers who fatally shot a man who killed another officer and two other people
Austin, Texas — A grand jury has acquitted three Texas police officers who fatally shot a man who shot another officer and is believed to have killed his mother and brother. The man also injured an additional officer during the standoff.
The Travis County grand jury declined to indict SWAT officers Jared Carruth, Kevin Olejar and Sgt. Kevin De La Rue in the November shooting death of Ahmed Mohamed Nassar, District Attorney José Garza said in a news release Thursday.
“They (the officers) are putting their own safety and lives at risk, and our office is sincerely grateful for their service,” Garza said.
The status of the three acquitted officers was not released and spokespeople for the Austin Police Department and Garza did not immediately return calls seeking comment Friday.
Officers were called to the scene by a woman who reported she was being stabbed inside the home, police said.
The woman was injured but escaped and was found by arriving officers, police said, telling officers the suspect remained in the home with two other people.
A police SWAT team eventually entered the home and Nassar fatally shot Officer Jorge Pastore and wounded another officer before being fatally shot by other officers, police said.
Police then found Ahmed Elnemrnassar, 63, and Riad Mohamed Nassar, 32, dead in the house.
Riad Nassar was the brother of Ahmed Nassar and Ahmed Elnemrnassar was the mother of the two.