A Los Angeles Superior Court judge declared a mistrial in the case of a former Whittier police detective, charged with assault for an on-duty shooting that left a man paralyzed, after jurors declared Wednesday morning, Nov. 19, that they were deadlocked after two-plus days of deliberations.

Salvador Murillo, 44, will return to court on Jan. 13, when prosecutors may decide whether they want to retry the case against him. Murillo faces two counts each of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and assault by color of authority .

The jury’s foreman told Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge George Lomeli that the panel was split 7-5 in favor of guilt on two of the charges and 8-4 in favor of guilt on the other two charges.

On April 30, 2020, Murillo and his partner were in plain clothes

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