Civil rights activists call for Fort Worth police officer's firing
PREVIOUS COVERAGE: William Martin ID'd as officer in hit-and-run shooting
FOX 4 has learned the off-duty officer involved in a hit-and-run shooting investigation is the same officer involved in Jacqueline Craig's viral arrest in 2016. The Fort Worth Police Department has yet to identify an officer, but police confirmed the officer discharged a firearm and also pointed out the truck driver received non-life-threatening injuries.
FORT WORTH, Texas - Civil rights leaders in Tarrant County are calling for the firing of a Fort Worth police officer involved in an off-duty shooting.
Last week, the officer was in his personal vehicle when police said a truck hit his car and took off.
The officer allegedly followed and shot the other driver, wounding him.
While the Fort Worth Police Department has not named the officer, a records search and trusted sources identified him as Officer William Martin.
Officer William Martin
In 2016, Martin was accused of using excessive force in the controversial arrest of Jacqueline Craig and her teenage daughter.
Civil rights leaders want him held accountable.
"We cannot have these incidents happen and have no level of accountability, right? This is a state of freedom, and this is also a state of accountability," said Abiola Agor, the director of Disturbing Inequity.
Fort Worth officer involved in hit-and-run shooting arrested Jacqueline Craig in 2016: sources
FOX 4 has learned the off-duty officer involved this week's hit-and-run shooting investigation is William Martin, the same officer who arrested Jacqueline Craig in 2016. He's since been placed on restricted duty.
In 2017, Officer Martin appealed a 10-day suspension in the Craig case. That was ultimately denied.
Fort Worth PD is not commenting on the off-duty shooting.
However, the department did place the officer on restricted duty and stripped him of his police powers while under investigation.