AUSTIN — A former Austin school district police officer has been indicted on criminal charges stemming from a hit-and-run at a South Austin Walmart parking lot that was caught on camera.
A woman was critically injured in the Feb. 9 incident, which police said happened when she was struck by a pickup in the Walmart gas station parking lot located near Interstate 35 and East Ben White Boulevard. The Austin Police Department said at the time that they have impounded a truck connected to the incident. The hit-and-run case was caught on camera.
According to a search warrant obtained by KVUE earlier, former Austin Independent School District Officer Adam Marsh was named a person of interest. Austin police opted to not immediately file charges in the case. Instead, they handed the investigation in recent weeks to prosecutors to determine how it should proceed – a step law enforcement often takes in high profile cases or if facts about evidence are in dispute.
Marsh's attorney said he has been indicted on a criminal charge stemming from an alleged violation of the transportation code requiring drivers to remain at the scene of an accident. His attorney said Marsh has been fully cooperative with the investigation and did not know that his truck had hit someone the evening of the incident. He also said Marsh was not intoxicated.
Marsh is expected to turn himself in on the charge sometime in the next couple of days.
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