Trial begins for man accused of killing Fort Worth Officer Garrett Hull

His widow testified Monday morning about the days leading up to his murder. She said he was concerned that capturing the suspects would be dangerous.

FORT WORTH, Texas - Testimony is underway in the trial of a man charged with killing a Fort Worth police officer.

Prosecutors said Officer Garrett Hull confronted Timothy Huff and two other men about a string of bar robberies in 2018.

Hull was shot in the head during the confrontation. The man who shot him was killed by other officers. Huff and the other suspect were arrested.

Both men are charged with capital murder and could face the death penalty if convicted.

Officer Hull was a 40-year-old husband and father of two children. He had been with the Fort Worth Police Department for 17 years and was described as the glue that held the criminal intel unit together.

His widow testified Monday morning about the days leading up to his murder. She said he was concerned that capturing the suspects would be dangerous.

"Well, he said these guys are really dangerous, babe. It's bad," Sabrina Hull told jurors. "He said he thought there would be a shooting involved and I said, ‘Don't put that in your universe. I don't want to think about that.' And he said, ‘We need to talk about these things. They’re real.'"

Police had been tracking the group’s movements, investigating a string of violent crimes they were suspected of committing. The victims who were terrorized inside a bar testified about calling 911 seconds before Hull was shot and killed.

Trial begins for man accused of killing Fort Worth Officer Garrett Hull

Sabrina Hull told jurors about the days leading up to her husband's death. Officer Garrett Hull was killed in 2018 while confronting a group wanted for a string of bar robberies.

"I was just thinking about my kids, thinking about my kids. And seeing the gun in my husband’s back," said Norma Martinez, a robbery victim.

She described one of the men as wearing a dress and long eyelashes. Prosecutors say that person was Huff.

Huff’s trial was supposed to start last week, but it was delayed. Prosecutors said he swallowed razor blades in the courtroom and had to be taken to the hospital.

Corporal Matthew Montgomery recounted carrying a critically wounded Hull into the hospital.

"I looked over and saw Officer Hull, the injury… there was blood everywhere. I said, ‘Don’t worry about where you’re going. I’ve got a route to the hospital,’" he recalled. "I wiped Officer Hull’s blood off my arms and hands. I got back in my patrol car and went back to the scene."

Officer Hull served with Fort Worth PD for 17 years. His widow says her last conversation with her husband was earlier that day on a birthday with their daughter away at school.

"It was our daughter's birthday. Jordin’s birthday is Sep. 13. So we made sure to FaceTime her," she recalled. "We talked a lot about that that morning and about the potential that they might finally stop this group tonight."

Huff and Samuel Mayfield surrendered and were charged with 10 counts of aggravated robbery and two counts of attempted capital murder at the time. The trial resumes on Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m.