Ex-Arlington officer who fired at dog indicted in 2019 shooting death of homeless woman

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Ex-Arlington officer who fired at dog indicted in 2019 shooting death of homeless woman

BY DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR. AND BRIAN LOPEZ
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 12:58 PM , UPDATED 1 HOUR 48 MINUTES AGO

A Tarrant County grand jury returned an indictment Wednesday against a former Arlington police officer accused in the shooting death of a homeless woman in August 2019.

Jurors reached their decision to indict ex-Arlington officer Ravinder Singh on a charge of criminally negligent homicide.

Singh fired his gun toward a dog, but one of his shots killed 30-year-old Margarita Brooks while she lay on some nearby grass, authorities have said. Singh was responding to a call to check on Brooks’ welfare after police received a report that a woman was passed out near the woods behind a shopping center.

“Officers responding to welfare checks should not be so quick to use their deadly weapons in situations that do not call for use of force,” the Brooks family said in a statement. “Our hope is not only that this officer is held responsible for Maggie’s death, but that the Arlington Police Department is also held accountable for its lack of training and procedures in responding to welfare checks.”

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[LakeArenal]

1. That is downright sad. Man o man. Cops sink low

Why did they need to shoot at a dog anyway?