A white former police officer charged in the fatal shooting of a Black man at a Texas gas station two years ago was acquitted of murder Thursday, the officer’s lawyer said.
One of Price’s sisters, Sabrina Price, wept after the verdict was announced Thursday afternoon, NBC Dallas-Fort Worth reported.
via Facebook“There was not one person that looked like me,” said Sabrina Price, who is Black, referring to the jury, according to the station.
At the time of the shooting, Lucas was one of six white police officers in the small city northeast of Dallas, state records show.
Lucas had been dispatched to the gas station over a possible fight in progress, Lt. Lonny Haschel of the Texas Department of Public Safety said in a statement.