The mother of 26-year-old Tavores Henderson concedes that her son was involved in a tragic accident that resulted in the 2019 death of a Nassau Bay police sergeant. The family is concerned, however, about what they say are systemic failures that led to Henderson’s release from a Houston hospital the very day that the accident occurred.

Tavores Henderson, who was diagnosed at a young age with schizophrenia, was convicted September 4 of aggravated assault on a public servant. Prosecutors said Henderson, who was 19 at the time, ran over Sgt. Kaila Sullivan with his vehicle while fleeing a traffic stop. He was originally charged with capital murder, but a jury opted to go with the lesser offense.

District Judge Melissa Morris sentenced Henderson on September 10 to 58 years in prison. Henders

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