A Texas grand jury indicted a former police officer for criminally negligent homicide for shooting at a dog during a welfare check and instead killing a woman nearby, reports Courthouse News Service. Ravi Singh, 27, resigned from the Arlington Police Department in November 2019, three months after he shot and killed Margarita “Maggie” Brooks, 30. Singh was responding to reports of a person lying on the grass near a shopping center. In bodycam footage that has since gone viral, Singh is shown walking down an alley during daylight and asking a seated Brooks if she is all right.
An unleashed dog begins running at Singh, who steps backward and unholsters his gun while Brooks is heard calling out “down” at the dog. Singh fires three times at the dog and Brooks is immediately heard screaming “what the fuck.” “Oh my God,” Brooks screamed. “The police shot me.” She died from a gunshot wound to the upper torso, while her dog was grazed by a bullet. Brooks was the daughter of an Arlington Fire Department captain.