Daniel Sanchez did exactly what he was trained to do.
That was the message the Austin police officer’s defense attorneys sought to drive home Wednesday as they opened their case in a jury trial stemming from Sanchez’s fatal shooting three years ago of tech entrepreneur Rajan Moonesinghe.
Testimony from various witnesses affirmed the notion that Sanchez’s split-second decision to open fire on Moonesinghe in November 2022 was a reasonable — and trained — response to what he perceived as an immediate threat…