PIO ex-cop who shot dead US woman acquitted

HOUSTON: An Indian-origin former US police officer, who was accused of negligent homicide in the 2019 fatal shooting of a woman while aiming at her dog who charged at him, has been acquitted by a court in Texas. Ravinder Singh was on trial after he shot and killed Maggie Brooks, 30, while responding to a welfare check.
The Tarrant criminal district attorney's office issued a statement on Monday after the jury's verdict was read, saying that anytime the use of force results in the death of a civilian, they take the case to a grand jury and if the grand jury returns an indictment, they prosecute the case. "A jury heard the facts... and determined Singh was not guilty," the office said. Brooks, who was a mother to three children, was hospitalised and later died.