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Dan Roy Henry Jr.

πŸ‘€ Speaker
407 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

48 Hours
Defending DJ

Were you the first police officer on the scene?

48 Hours
Defending DJ

Yes.

48 Hours
Defending DJ

With their attorney, Michael Sussman, asking questions, Dan and Angela Henry were there.

48 Hours
Defending DJ

It was really, really important to us to be in the room.

48 Hours
Defending DJ

We wanted to look in the eye of the guy that shot our son.

48 Hours
Defending DJ

We wanted to hear him tell us why, to see his face, to have him look us in the eye, to see Danny when he looked us in the eyes.

48 Hours
Defending DJ

At the time DJ was killed, in 2010, Aaron Hess was 33 years old, married and expecting twins.

48 Hours
Defending DJ

He had served four years in the Marines and had been a police officer since 2000, first in New York City and later for his hometown of Pleasantville, New York.

48 Hours
Defending DJ

That was Aaron Hess.

48 Hours
Defending DJ

Well-liked.

48 Hours
Defending DJ

Brian Sokoloff represents Aaron Hess.

48 Hours
Defending DJ

Up until October 17, 2010, he had never fired his weapon in the line of duty.

48 Hours
Defending DJ

HESS arrived at Finnegan's shortly after the call went out about the fight.

48 Hours
Defending DJ

When that officer tapped on DJ's window, Hess says he was standing in the parking lot, about 30 feet away.

48 Hours
Defending DJ

Aaron Hess, who's around the bend, observes three things happen simultaneously.

48 Hours
Defending DJ

A, he hears an engine rev.

48 Hours
Defending DJ

B, he hears an officer yell, stop that car or stop that vehicle.

48 Hours
Defending DJ

And he sees an officer get hit.

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Defending DJ

turned off balance.

48 Hours
Defending DJ

Turned off balance, suggesting that?