Dan Roy Henry Jr.
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Were you the first police officer on the scene?
With their attorney, Michael Sussman, asking questions, Dan and Angela Henry were there.
It was really, really important to us to be in the room.
We wanted to look in the eye of the guy that shot our son.
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.
At the time DJ was killed, in 2010, Aaron Hess was 33 years old, married and expecting twins.
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.
Up until October 17, 2010, he had never fired his weapon in the line of duty.
HESS arrived at Finnegan's shortly after the call went out about the fight.
When that officer tapped on DJ's window, Hess says he was standing in the parking lot, about 30 feet away.
Aaron Hess, who's around the bend, observes three things happen simultaneously.
B, he hears an officer yell, stop that car or stop that vehicle.