At Rest

Deadly force
Police received a call about 7 p.m. about a family fight. When officers arrived, a man had fled the area in a other that did not belong to him. The officers searched the area and found the man and attempted a stop. The man fled. The police pursued. Police said they called off the ground pursuit. A helicopter with the Texas Department of Public Safety pursued. Troopers picked up on the ground pursuit on I-10. The man, Frank Murphy, continued driving in a dangerous manner. A trooper shot and killed him.
This record exists so that Frank “Pancho” Murphy Jr., and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.
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