and less than a second before the car hit spike strips deployed to stop it. Mullenix’s rogue conduct killed the driver, Israel Leija, Jr. Because it was clearly established under the Fourth ...

Beatrice Luna, the mother of Israel Leija Jr., 24, sued the Department of Public Safety, Trooper Chadrin Mullenix and Trooper Gabriel Rodriguez in 2011, alleging Mullenix used excessive force and ...

On the night of March 23, 2010, trooper Chadrin Mullenix of the Texas Department of Public Safety stood on an overpass debating what to do. Israel ... six shots at Leija’s car as it passed ...

Trooper Chadrin Lee Mullenix fired six shots from a bridge at the vehicle driven by Israel Leija Jr. on March 23, 2010 with the intent at disabling the car. The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - A Texas state trooper who ended a high-speed chase by firing at the fleeing car from a bridge, killing the driver, deserves immunity, the Supreme Court ruled Monday. Israel ... when ...