The Baytown police officer who fatally shot a woman during a confrontation at her apartment complex has completed dozens of hours of training in crisis intervention and use of force, state records show.

Juan Delacruz, 37, shot 44-year-old Pamela Turner while attempting to arrest her on open warrants, Baytown Police Department officials said.

Delacruz had taken a 16-hour intermediate course on the use of force in 2013, as well as a 16-hour crisis intervention training course that same year. He’s taken hundreds of hours of training in other areas, including a four-hour course on Tasers, according to records obtained by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.

Turner died on Monday night during a struggle with the officer at 1601 Garth. Delacruz first shocked the woman with a Taser, but she grabbed the weapon and allegedly used it against him, spokesman Lt. Steve Dorris said.

He fired five shots, all of which were heard on a bystander’s video capturing the encounter. The video has since gone viral, grabbing the attention of prominent civil rights attorneys who are now representing Turner’s family.

The slain woman’s sisters and children met with District Attorney Kim Ogg on Friday morning to discuss the case, they said. They’re pushing for a criminal indictment against Delacruz.

A preliminary autopsy report shows Turner’s death classified as a homicide, according to the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.

Turner, who is black, had paranoid schizophrenia, according to her family. They contend that Delacruz and the Baytown Police Department were aware of her mental illness, a claim that the department said is under investigation.

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The Texas Rangers are now investigating the shooting, separate from the police department’s internal affairs division. The District Attorney’s Office confirmed it is also conducting a parallel investigation before bringing evidence to a grand jury.

Delacruz has been an officer with the Baytown Police Department since June 2008. He’s on paid administrative leave, Dorris said.

Prior to working in Baytown, he was a jailer at the Harris County Sheriff’s Office for two years and seven months.

Public records list the officer, who is Hispanic, as living at the same apartment complex as Turner. He was on his regular patrol near the complex the night of the shooting, Dorris said.

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