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Ex-North Texas officer acquitted of crime in woman’s death

Margarita Brooks' family leave the courtroom after Ravinder Singh was found not guilty of criminal negligent homicide in the 371st District Court, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, in Tarrant County, Texas. A jury has acquitted Singh, a former Texas police officer of criminally negligent homicide after a gunshot meant for a menacing dog instead killed the woman who owned it. Singh was indicted in the August 2019 accidental shooting of Margarita Brooks. (Yffy Yossifor/Star-Telegram via AP)

Attorney Rafael Sierra hugs Ravinder Singh after he was found not guilty of criminal negligent homicide in the 371st District Court, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, in Tarrant County, Texas. A jury has acquitted the former Texas police officer of criminally negligent homicide after a gunshot meant for a menacing dog instead killed the woman who owned it. The former Arlington police officer was indicted in the August 2019 accidental shooting of Margarita Brooks. (Yffy Yossifor/Star-Telegram via AP)

Attorney Kathy Lowthorp reacts to Ravinder Singh being found not guilty of criminal negligent homicide in the 371st District Court, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, in Tarrant County, Texas. A jury has acquitted the former Texas police officer of criminally negligent homicide after a gunshot meant for a menacing dog instead killed the woman who owned it. The former Arlington police officer was indicted in the August 2019 accidental shooting of Margarita Brooks. (Yffy Yossifor/Star-Telegram via AP)

Former Arlington police officer Ravinder Singh gives a statement after being found not guilty of criminal negligent homicide in the 371st District Court, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, in Tarrant County, Texas. A jury acquitted Singh of criminally negligent homicide Monday in the deadly shooting of a woman whose welfare he had been sent to check. (Yffy Yossifor/Star-Telegram via AP)

Ex-North Texas officer acquitted of crime in woman’s death