FORT WORTH, Texas - A Tarrant County jury has convicted the man charged with the death of a Fort Worth police officer.It took jurors about half an hour to find Timothy Huff guilty of capital murder.Prosecutors argued Huff was part of a dangerous armed robbery gang that had been terrorizing patrons at Latino bars in 2018.RELATED: Robbery victims testify in trial for Fort Worth Officer Garrett Hull’s murderOfficer Garrett Hull was shot and killed as he and other officers confronted the suspects.
The man who shot Officer Hull was killed by other officers. Huff and another suspect were arrested and both charged with capital murder.Timothy Huff was found guilty of capital murder for the 2018 death of Fort Worth Officer Garrett Hull.
Huff did not fire the gunshots that struck Officer Hull, but he was among the trio that violently robbed patrons at a Fort Worth bar just before the fatal shootout.The sentencing phase of the trial got underway immediately.
A sheriff’s deputy told the jury that while Huff was in jail, he got into a fight and bit off part of another inmate’s ear.Officer Ryan Navarro was one of Officer Hull’s team members.