East Texas Man Convicted Of Killing State Trooper Convicted

State Trooper Damon Charles Allen

The Lindale native on trial for the capital murder of a State Trooper on Thanksgiving Day, 2017, has been found guilty and given an automatic sentence of life without parole. On Thursday afternoon, Brazos County’s jury convicted 37-year-old Dabrett Black of killing 41-year-old Trooper Damon Allen during a traffic stop on I-45 near Fairfield.