Man gets life in prison in fatal shooting of Texas officer
Timothy Huff appears on the stand during sentencing Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at the Tim Curry Courthouse in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Huff, charged in the 2018 death of Fort Worth officer Garrett Hull, was found guilty of capital murder Monday, June 27. (Yffy Yossifor/Star-Telegram via AP)
Prosecutor Timothy Rodgers gives closing statement during sentencing for Timothy Huff Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at the Tim Curry Courthouse in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Huff, charged in the 2018 death of Fort Worth officer Garrett Hull, was found guilty of capital murder Monday, June 27. (Yffy Yossifor/Star-Telegram via AP)
Timothy Huff’s stepfather Jeremiah Allen stands in the gallery of the courthouse during sentencing, Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at the Tim Curry Courthouse in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. (Yffy Yossifor/Star-Telegram via AP)
Sabrina Hull, widow of slain Fort Worth officer Garrett Hull, addresses the court after the sentencing verdict for Timothy Huff Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at the Tim Curry Courthouse in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Huff, charged in the 2018 death Hull, was found guilty of capital murder Monday, June 27. (Yffy Yossifor/Star-Telegram via AP)
Timothy Huff is lead out of the courtroom after his sentencing Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at the Tim Curry Courthouse in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Huff was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 2018 murder of Fort Worth officer Garrett Hull. (Yffy Yossifor/Star-Telegram via AP)
Attorney Patrick Curran touches Timothy Huff’s arm as his sentence is read, Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at the Tim Curry Courthouse in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Huff was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 2018 murder of Fort Worth officer Garrett Hull. (Yffy Yossifor/Star-Telegram via AP)
Timothy Huff appears on the stand during sentencing Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at the Tim Curry Courthouse in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Huff, charged in the 2018 death of Fort Worth officer Garrett Hull, was found guilty of capital murder Monday, June 27. (Yffy Yossifor/Star-Telegram via AP)
Timothy Huff appears on the stand during sentencing Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at the Tim Curry Courthouse in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Huff, charged in the 2018 death of Fort Worth officer Garrett Hull, was found guilty of capital murder Monday, June 27. (Yffy Yossifor/Star-Telegram via AP)
Prosecutor Timothy Rodgers gives closing statement during sentencing for Timothy Huff Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at the Tim Curry Courthouse in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Huff, charged in the 2018 death of Fort Worth officer Garrett Hull, was found guilty of capital murder Monday, June 27. (Yffy Yossifor/Star-Telegram via AP)
Prosecutor Timothy Rodgers gives closing statement during sentencing for Timothy Huff Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at the Tim Curry Courthouse in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Huff, charged in the 2018 death of Fort Worth officer Garrett Hull, was found guilty of capital murder Monday, June 27. (Yffy Yossifor/Star-Telegram via AP)
Timothy Huff’s stepfather Jeremiah Allen stands in the gallery of the courthouse during sentencing, Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at the Tim Curry Courthouse in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. (Yffy Yossifor/Star-Telegram via AP)
Timothy Huff’s stepfather Jeremiah Allen stands in the gallery of the courthouse during sentencing, Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at the Tim Curry Courthouse in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. (Yffy Yossifor/Star-Telegram via AP)
Sabrina Hull, widow of slain Fort Worth officer Garrett Hull, addresses the court after the sentencing verdict for Timothy Huff Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at the Tim Curry Courthouse in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Huff, charged in the 2018 death Hull, was found guilty of capital murder Monday, June 27. (Yffy Yossifor/Star-Telegram via AP)
Sabrina Hull, widow of slain Fort Worth officer Garrett Hull, addresses the court after the sentencing verdict for Timothy Huff Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at the Tim Curry Courthouse in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Huff, charged in the 2018 death Hull, was found guilty of capital murder Monday, June 27. (Yffy Yossifor/Star-Telegram via AP)
Timothy Huff is lead out of the courtroom after his sentencing Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at the Tim Curry Courthouse in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Huff was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 2018 murder of Fort Worth officer Garrett Hull. (Yffy Yossifor/Star-Telegram via AP)
Timothy Huff is lead out of the courtroom after his sentencing Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at the Tim Curry Courthouse in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Huff was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 2018 murder of Fort Worth officer Garrett Hull. (Yffy Yossifor/Star-Telegram via AP)
Attorney Patrick Curran touches Timothy Huff’s arm as his sentence is read, Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at the Tim Curry Courthouse in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Huff was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 2018 murder of Fort Worth officer Garrett Hull. (Yffy Yossifor/Star-Telegram via AP)
Attorney Patrick Curran touches Timothy Huff’s arm as his sentence is read, Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at the Tim Curry Courthouse in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Huff was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 2018 murder of Fort Worth officer Garrett Hull. (Yffy Yossifor/Star-Telegram via AP)
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A man was sentenced to life in prison in the 2018 fatal shooting of an undercover Fort Worth, Texas, police officer, prosecutors said.
A jury on Wednesday gave Timothy Huff, 36, a life sentence without possibility of parole in the death of Garrett Hull, an officer who was promoted to corporal after his death. The Tarrant County jury found Huff guilty of capital murder Monday.
Huff didn’t shoot Hull, but he was one of three men officers were pursuing after a robbery at a bar when Hull was killed, prosecutors said. The group had been robbing bars and police had staked out the area that night, prosecutors said.
After robbing customers, Huff, Dacion Steptoe and Samuel Mayfield ran in different directions when they saw the officers, prosecutors said.
Steptoe fatally shot Hull and another officer killed Steptoe.
Huff and Mayfield were both charged with capital murder. Mayfield’s trial date hasn’t been set.
Huff took the witness stand during his punishment phase, telling jurors he wasn’t aware Hull had been shot that night and he “didn’t intend for it to happen.”
Prosecutor Tim Rodgers told jurors that the violence had escalated in the group’s robberies and that Huff was “dangerous, dangerous, dangerous.”