Family wants DA to ask Texas Rangers to investigate Dewboy Lister's fatal shooting

The family of Dewboy Lister wants the District Attorney's Office to step in to help convince the Texas Rangers to investigate the death of their family member.

In a letter addressed to District Attorney Mark Gonzalez, the Lister family asked he request the Texas Rangers investigate the death of Lister, who was killed in an October officer-involved shooting.

The family previously sent a letter to the Texas Rangers asking for further investigation into the shooting death of Lister, 55, by Corpus Christi police officer Jose Hasette.

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A grand jury declined to indict Hasette last month.

The letter to Gonzalez explains a local Texas Rangers representative advised the family a that "a law enforcement agency is necessary to request their involvement in a serious case."

When reached via text messages Thursday, Gonzalez said "even at their request I feel comfortable the way it was handled."

"We reviewed everything in the case and then submitted it for review by the grand jury," Gonzalez said. "I feel CCPD did a thorough investigation. I understand the family's concern and the public's. Luckily we live in a place that officer involved shootings are very, very low, but I would like to create a task force to have a layer of protection to silence this exact issue."

Hasette pulled Lister over around 9 p.m. Oct. 19 while he was driving home from work at a local refinery. He was stopped near North Port Avenue and Winnebago Street.

A short pursuit followed, followed by a scuffle, during which the officer feared for his life and shot Lister in the torso, Police Chief Mike Markle previously said. Lister died early the next day at a local hospital.