"It's possible that maybe Robert may have fired first. "We don't know who fired the first shot," Smith said. Shots were subsequently fired, with Soliz then running into the nearby nursery. Rios got out of his vehicle and approached Soliz's car while holding a gun, according to Smith, who said Soliz then grabbed his own firearm, got out of his car and walked to the front of it, putting the vehicle in between the two men. Soliz exited the freeway at Gulf Bank Road and was followed by Rios into the parking lot for Cactus King Nursery, which is just east of I-45 and Stuebner Airline Drive. 9, 2020, when they nearly collided and gestured toward each other. Smith, citing testimony from Soliz, said his client and Rios were both driving north on Interstate 45 in North Houston on the afternoon of Nov.
He will always be remembered for the hero that he was."
Officer Rios spent his time here on Earth serving and protecting the people of Houston, and he gave his life in that noble effort. "Our hearts remain with Sean Rios' widow and four children, who will now grow up without their father. "We saw the evidence differently than the jury, and though we cannot agree with the jury's decision, we appreciate their time and service," David Mitcham, the first assistant to Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg, said in a statement. Smith said he could not speak to those cases, having only represented Soliz in the murder case. Soliz was previously convicted of multiple misdemeanor crimes and remains in jail on multiple, unrelated felony charges, including two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon stemming from incidents earlier in 2020. Houston Police Chief Troy Finner and the Harris County District Attorney's Office, which prosecuted the case, both said in statements they were "deeply disappointed" with the jury's verdict. "We can't think of another case where someone has been acquitted in the shooting death of an officer, whether off-duty or not." Soliz's defense attorney, Wade Smith of Houston-based law firm Looney, Smith & Conrad, called it a "pure self-defense case from the very beginning." Smith also said he and his law partners could not recall a similar acquittal in the Houston area or elsewhere. 9, 2020 shooting death of Sean Rios, a 47-year-old sergeant for the Houston Police Department who at the time was on his way to a shift at Bush Intercontinental Airport but not in uniform and not in a patrol vehicle. Robert Soliz, 26, was found not guilty in the Nov. 9, 2020.Ī man who fatally shot an off-duty Houston police officer during an apparent incident of road rage was acquitted of murder this week by a Harris County jury. Houston Police Department Houston Police Department Sgt.
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