Rogelio Santander was a 27-year-old Dallas Police Department officer who was shot while responding to a shoplifting call at a Home Depot in northeast Dallas on April 24, 2018. The suspect, Armando Juarez, opened fire during a routine check, wounding Santander, his partner Crystal Almeida, and loss prevention officer Scott Painter. Santander died of his wounds the next day, April 25, 2018.

Juarez was apprehended after a high-speed chase and charged with multiple offenses, including capital murder. Because prosecutors determined Juarez had an intellectual disability and therefore could not be sentenced to death, he accepted a plea deal that included an admission of guilt, waiver of all appeals, and a life-without-parole sentence. Almeida was critically injured, later described permanent effects including blindness in her left eye and post-traumatic stress disorder, and returned to duty three months after the shooting.

The Dallas Police Association criticized the plea deal, saying it did not deliver justice. Does anyone have information about Santander’s activities that day or remember seeing him at the scene?