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Family of doctor killed by police in 2019 still awaiting justice Family of doctor killed by police in 2019 still awaiting justice It has been two years since two Austin police officers shot and killed Dr. Mauris DeSilva while he was having a mental health crisis in Downtown Austin. AUSTIN, Texas - It has been two years since Dr. Mauris DeSilva was shot and killed by two Austin police officers while having a mental health crisis. The Travis County District Attorney’s office is expected to present this case to a grand jury sometime this year. Dr. DeSilva was a PhD in biomedical engineering. He worked with the US navy. He was a wonderful son, said Jarrod Smith with the Smith and Vinson Law Firm representing the DeSilva family. ....
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Attorney of Mauris DeSilva speaks on Officer Taylor s indictment Attorney of Mauris DeSilva speaks on Officer Taylor’s indictment Officer Christopher Taylor has been indicted for the death of Mike Ramos. The District Attorney is also looking into another case involving the same officer for the death of Dr. Mauris DeSilva. AUSTIN, Texas - Austin Police Officer Christopher Taylor has been indicted for the death of Mike Ramos and will be charged with first-degree murder. The District Attorney is also looking into another case involving the same officer for the death of Dr. Mauris DeSilva in 2019. The fact that Officer Taylor was involved in two shootings in less than a year killing two people, I just couldn t believe that he was back out on the street and doing that, said Brad Vinson, attorney for DeSilva s family. ....
By American-Statesman Editorial Board Michael Ramos raised his hands, lifted his shirt and declared he had no gun. Austin police officers shot him anyway first with a bean bag round, and then, as Ramos tried to flee, with the bullets that took his life. “That’s wrong! That’s wrong!” a woman cried out in a bystander video of the April 2020 shooting. We agreed then. A Travis County grand jury agrees now. This week’s indictment of Officer Christopher Taylor for first-degree murder brings an anguished community one step closer to accountability for a death that never should have happened. Ramos, a 42-year-old Black and Latino man, found himself surrounded by eight police officers at a Southeast Austin apartment complex after a 911 caller reported, incorrectly, that Ramos was handling a gun. He was, in fact, unarmed. ....
A Travis County grand jury has indicted Austin Police Officer Christopher Taylor on a charge of first-degree murder for the fatal shooting of Michael Ramos at a Southeast Austin apartment complex on April 24, 2020, a source close to the case confirms to the Chronicle. The Statesman reports that a warrant has been issued for Taylor’s arrest, but as of Wednesday evening, he had not been booked into the Travis County jail. Travis County District Attorney José Garza could not confirm or deny the indictment, because state law prevents him from doing so until a subject is in custody. The police response that led to the fatal shooting began with a 911 caller falsely claiming that Ramos was doing drugs in his vehicle, was threatening a female companion, and that he had a gun. Cell phone video recorded by bystanders and seen widely in the days following the shooting shows Ramos with both hands in the air while the eight officers on scene shout commands a ....