Indian-American Sikh Cop Sandeep Dhaliwal’s Murderer Sentenced To Death

Houston:  The accused, Robert Solis, who murdered an Indian-American Sikh police officer Sandeep Dhaliwal in Texas, has been sentenced to death.

The verdict was handed down by the jury, a panel made up of citizens.

“Verdict is in: Jurors sentence Robert Solis to death. We are extremely grateful that justice has been served,” Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez tweeted.

Solis, 50, was convicted by the jury of the Harris County Criminal Court in Houston of the capital murder of 42-year-old Dhaliwal, a 10-year-veteran of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.

Dhaliwal made national headlines when he was allowed to grow a beard and wear a turban on the job. He was gunned down in an ambush-style shooting while conducting a routine mid-day traffic stop in northwest Houston on September 27, 2019.

Authorities said Dhaliwal was shot multiple times from behind after he had stopped Solis in a residential neighbourhood and was walking back to his patrol car.