IF YOU KILL A COP IN TEXAS, YOU ARE GOING TO DIE

Texas Man Sentenced To Death For ‘Ambush' Killing Of LEO

LAPPL News Watch
February 28, 2020

A courtroom full of family, friends and fellow officers who worked with slain Richardson police Officer David Sherrard burst into sobs Thursday night when his killer, Brandon McCall, was sentenced to die.

Jurors deliberated for more than eight hours Thursday before rendering a verdict.

“I think it did send a message today,” Judge John Roach Jr. told the jury after they returned with a verdict. “You sent a message that if you kill a cop in Texas, we’ll give you a fair trial, but you’re gonna die.”

The same jury last week convicted McCall, 28, of capital murder for killing Sherrard after the officer responded to a shooting call at the apartment where McCall was staying in February 2018.

McCall also killed his roommate, Rene Gamez, with a shotgun blast to the calf.

“Mr. McCall,” Roach said as he formally sentenced the man to death, “this is for David Sherrard.”