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Will Conroe Police Officer Jason Blackwelder be found guilty of manslaughter?
Settled on 06/11/2014 17:22 Settled by kruijs
Jurors in Montgomery County on Wednesday will consider the penalty for 30-year-old Conroe police Sgt. Jason Blackwelder. He faces from probation up to 20 years in prison.
The officer was convicted Tuesday in last July's fatal shooting of 19-year-old Russell Rios.
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/1d630bc4b584467c840f7ebe3f9d6b92/TX--Conroe-Officer-Slaying
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CONROE, Texas - Conroe Police Officer Jason Blackwelder has been indicted on one count of manslaughter for the fatal shooting of a teen outside a Walmart in late July, the Montgomery Coutny District Attorney’s Office announced Friday.
The district attorney’s office said a grand jury also returned indictments of tampering with a government document and one count of false report to a police officer.
Blackwelder is accused of following 19-year-old Russell Rios from a Walmart where he was accused of shoplifting. The officer said, once in a wooded area, the teen choked him. Blackwelder opened fire and killed Rios.
http://www.khou.com/news/local/Conroe-officer-indicated-for-fatal-Walmart-shooting-225511182.html
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