Saturday, May 17, 2008  Valor Redefined  One day you're a hero,
the next you're a goat.  Austin PD Officer Roger Boudreau was
given the Medal of Valor after what he described as a dramatic
shootout last year with David Lozano during a domestic
disturbance call.  Lozano was sitting in the Travis County Jail
charged with attempted capital murder until May 2 when he was
released on a personal bond. The DA's office says charges will
likely be dropped. Reported the Austin Statesman ("Charges in
police shootout likely to be dropped, prosecutor says," May 17):
At the time, Boudreau said Lozano fired first; now, Lozano's
attorney, Ryan Deck, says new evidence shows the officer fired
first.  An expert hired by Deck last month reported that
Boudreau's account appeared to be inconsistent with an audio
recording from his patrol car.  The Travis County district
attorney's office had another expert examine the recording, and
inconsistencies with what prosecutors believed was the sequence
of events that night were found, A