Man Sentenced to Death for Killing Texas Deputy

Man Sentenced to Death for Killing Texas Deputy
Robert Solis appears before Judge Chris Morton at the Harris County Criminal Courthouse in Houston on Sept. 30, 2019. Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via AP
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HOUSTON—A man was sentenced to death Wednesday for the fatal 2019 shooting of a law enforcement officer in Texas.

A Harris County jury deliberated for about 35 minutes before returning the death sentence for Robert Solis, 50, after convicting him of capital murder on Oct. 17 in Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal’s killing.