Jury awards 216M to family in fatal Texas OIS

DALLAS — A jury has reached a verdict in the federal civil trial for a former North Texas officer convicted in the murder of a 15-year-old in 2018. While responding to a disturbance call, Balch Springs police officer Roy Oliver shot into a vehicle that was driving away with five teenagers inside. Oliver and his partner responded to reports of underage drinking at a party. Oliver fired into a car carrying Jordan Edwards and his friends, later saying he feared the vehicle was moving toward and endangering his partner’s life. Edwards was shot in the back of the head and…