Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy Chauna Thompson was involved in the May 2017 death of John Hernandez, who was choked during a confrontation outside a Denny’s. Thompson and her husband were both indicted for murder in Hernandez’s death​:contentReference[oaicite:54]{index=54} after video showed Thompson holding the victim down while her husband applied a fatal chokehold​:contentReference[oaicite:55]{index=55}. Her husband was convicted of murder and sentenced to 25 years, but the murder charge against Deputy Thompson was dropped in 2019 when prosecutors concluded they lacked evidence she intended to kill (noting she even performed CPR on the victim)​:contentReference[oaicite:56]{index=56}​:contentReference[oaicite:57]{index=57}.