Texas Man Charged With Fatally Shooting Cop in 2014 Found Guilty on Murder Charge

Published on November 22, 2023

A jury in Bell County, Texas, found Marvin Guy, 59, guilty of murder for fatally shooting a police officer involved in an early morning raid on his home in 2014. Mr. Guy had been on trial this month for fatally shooting Killeen Police Department detective and SWAT team member Charles “Chuck” Dinwiddie as he and other officers carried out a “no-knock” raid on Mr. Guy’s home at about 5:45 a.m. on May 9, 2014. Mr. Guy has contended for years, and his attorneys argued during the trial, that he awoke in a state of confusion and did not realize the people forcing their way into his home were police officers when he started shooting. Instead, Mr. Guy and his defense team insisted he was acting in self-defense against what he initially thought was a break-in....