A grand jury in Tarrant County has decided against indicting a man who shot a state trooper earlier this year. Russell King shot the trooper after what he believed was a case of road rage April 23.
King says he was driving with his wife near Hasley when two pick-up trucks pulled up behind him. He says one truck exited the highway; the other passed him.
"I visibly see him look in his mirror, shake his head, and that's when he brake-checked me," King says, saying the truck slowed down suddenly.
King says the truck followed him into a parking lot, and the driver flipped him off. He says the truck did not have any official markings, only lights flashing on the grill.
"It didn't seem to be very official," he says. "I've never seen a police vehicle that was a gray Chevrolet truck."
King says he called 911 when the got home. A few minutes later, he says the truck pulled up in front of his house. King says the man got out, picked up what he suspected was a gun from the back and started walking toward the house.
"I've never been so scared in my life," he says. "I really felt as if he were there to harm my wife and I. I yelled, 'please go away. We've called 911.'"
King says he fired a gun through the door, hitting the other person in the shoulder. He says Fort Worth police arrived and told him the other person was a DPS trooper working in plainclothes.
"He told me, 'You've shot a state trooper,'" King says. "My response was, 'How?' There was no identification whatsoever. There was no vest. There was no badge, just a brown shirt and jeans."
The trooper, William Wallace, was treated and released from the hospital. According to NBC Five, DPS has not commented on Wallace's current status or whether he was disciplined.
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