The Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office has moved to dismiss the murder indictment it had sought from a grand jury against an Arlington police officer who fired six gunshots into the windshield of a vehicle moving about 5 miles per hour, killing its driver.
The office cited prosecutorial discretion as it filed a motion on May 14 to end the case. The officer, Robert Phillips, was accused of intentionally causing the death of Jesse Fischer, whom Phillips suspected of drunken driving, in October 2021.
Judge Andy Porter, who presides in Criminal District Court No. 4 in Tarrant County, ordered the dismissal of the indictment that was handed up in June 2022…