A man accused in the fatal shooting of a Fort Worth police officer in 2018 will serve 60 years in prison. Samuel Mayfield, 37, pleaded guilty to murder...
A man accused in the fatal shooting of a Fort Worth police officer in 2018 will serve 60 years in prison.Samuel Mayfield, 37, pleaded guilty to murder Tuesday, the Tarrant County district attorney’s office announced. A judge determined his sentence.
In September 2018, Mayfield and two other men — Timothy Huff and Dacion Steptoe — were approached by officers who were conducting surveillance during an investigation into a string of robberies at Latino-owned bars in Fort Worth, police have said. Authorities said Steptoe shot at the officers, leading them to return fire.
Fort Worth police Officer Garrett Hull, 40, who had worked at the department for 17 years, was fatally shot. Steptoe also was killed.
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