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Killeen man accused of shooting a police officer after a no-knock warrant. He has spent the last eight years in jail waiting for a trial.

Two area state legislators are split on their views of a series of identical bills that would effectively put an end to a police department’s use of no-knock entries in Texas. According to legislative records, the first bill to be filed was Senate Bill 175 on Nov. 10, 2020, authored by Sen. Borris Miles, D-Houston. Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, D-McAllen, has been added as a co-author. In January, four representatives — Reps. Jasmine Crockett, D-Dallas; Ron Reynolds, D-Missouri City; Jeff Cason, R-Bedford and James Talarico, D-Round Rock — filed House Bill 1272. Both bil...