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Story summary
- Jose Santiago Pantoja-Morales was indicted for grabbing Officer Justin Jones’s gun and shooting him.
- The shooting occurred on Aug. 6, 2026, in a Sam’s Club lot by Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway.
- Officer Jones suffered a wound damaging his femoral artery and was taken to Parkland Hospital.
- A grand jury indicted him on Sept. 16, charging firearm possession by an illegal alien.
- Pantoja-Morales faces up to 15 years in federal prison if convicted.