AUSTIN, Texas - A jury will soon decide if an Austin Police Officer will spend time behind bars.

Officer Daniel Sanchez is on trial for deadly conduct. He shot and killed tech entrepreneur Raj Moonesinghe three years ago.

What they're saying:

Closing arguments began Friday morning.

"On behalf of his family and the state of Texas, we ask you to follow that law and find him guilty," Travis County Assistant District Attorney Rob Drummond said.

"We’re asking you to look at the facts and follow the law and find that man not guilty," Daniel Sanchez’s attorney Brad Heilman, said.

On November 15, 2022, Sanchez responded to a call about a man with a rifle pointing it down the street of a South Austin neighborhood. When he was pulling up, Moonesinghe shot twice into his home.

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