Former Burnet Police Officer Russell Butler pleaded no contest on Wednesday, Nov. 19 to a charge of criminally negligent homicide for the killing of 25-year-old Burnet man Brandon Michael Jacque in 2019.

Butler was sentenced to five years of deferred adjudication and ordered to pay $1,000 in fines for the conviction. This brings an end to more than six years of legal struggles surrounding the 2019 incident that led to Butler shooting, and killing, Jacque.

Butler reportedly shot Jacque after responding to a noise complaint at a Burnet residence on March 27, 2019 . At the scene, Jacque was in the driver’s seat of a vehicle in the driveway of the residence and Butler ordered him to halt as he began backing down the driveway. The car then ran over Butler’s foot and he opened fire on Jacq

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