Convicted ex-HPD officer Gerald Goines suffers medical emergency in courtroom
HOUSTON - The closing arguments during the punishment phase of the trial against convicted former Houston Police Department officer Gerald Goines were paused after Goines reportedly suffered a medical emergency.
FOX 26 was in the courtroom when prosecutors had to stop their arguments after Goines had to be taken out of the courtroom.
Gerald Goines rushed out of court on gurney
Former Houston police officer Gerald Goines had an apparent medical emergency on Thursday and was taken from the courtroom on a gurney. The episode happened during the sentencing phase for Goines, who was recently convicted of murder. He could spend up to life in prison.
An ambulance was called to the courthouse where Goines was seen being taken out on a gurney.
The trial was called to recess following the incident.
Goines was convicted of felony murder for the deaths of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas who were shot to death inside their home in 2019 during a no-knock raid on Harding Street.