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Texas Jail Guard Indicted in Fatal Shooting of Shackled Detainee
Loaded on April 24, 2023
by Chuck Sharman
by Chuck Sharman
On April 7, 2023, a Texas grand jury indicted a guard at the Hays County Jail for shooting a shackled detainee in the back and killing him. Isaiah Garcia, 27, was charged with felony deadly conduct in the December 2022 death of Joshua Leon Wright, 36.
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