(CN) — Genevive Dawes and her husband were asleep in a parked car in January 2017 when six Dallas police officers surrounded them.
As the 21-year-old Dawes slowly backed out of the parking spot at roughly 3 mph, two officers fired 13 shots through the passenger window, striking her four times and killing her. Her husband, 23-year-old Virgilio Rosales, was injured but survived.
Officers said the situation turned dangerous in seconds. Responding to a call about a suspicious vehicle, they arrived and ran the plates to discover the car was reported stolen. After repeated commands went unheeded, Dawes maneuvered the car in the tight space. Two officers fired, believing they or their colleagues faced an imminent threat…