EDEN, Texas Two sheriff’s deputies have been killed in the central Texas town of Eden, an official with the state’s Department of Public Safety said Tuesday.
Trooper Justin Baker confirmed that the Concho County deputies died, but he said further details would be released in a statement later.
The Lubbock Police Department said in a statement that it was “heartbroken” to learn of the deaths and that its officers would escort the deputies’ bodies to a forensics lab in Lubbock later Tuesday morning.
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2 Concho County sheriff s deputies killed responding to dog complaint
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EDEN, Texas - Authorities say a suspect shot and killed two Central Texas sheriff s deputies and critically wounded a city employee while they were responding to a complaint about a dog at a home.
Sgt. Justin Baker, of the Texas Department of Public Safety, said the suspect was taken into custody after Monday night s attack in Eden, a city of about 1,300 people roughly 210 miles southwest of Dallas.
Jeffrey Nicholas, 28, has been booked into Tom Green County Jail in nearby San Angelo with a bond set at $4 million and charged with capital murder of a peace officer. No attorney for Nicholas was listed in jail records.
Two Texas sheriff’s deputies were killed and a city employee was wounded Monday evening in a shootout while responding to a complaint about a dog.
The incident occurred in the city of Eden, located about 210 miles southwest of Dallas, when two Concho County deputies and a city employee arrived at a home to respond to the complaint.
Sgt. Justin Baker of the Texas Department of Public Safety said at a Tuesday press briefing that after the three individuals arrived at the scene and “while making contact with an individual at the residence” shortly after 8:40 p.m. local time, an “altercation occurred.”
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Letâs work together to eliminate the use of gas
Ignoring any political spin, it just seems sensible and natural to eliminate the use of gas for heating, cooking, hot water or barbecues (TheAge, 5/5). Burning gas is directly producing emissions. Also, with the decreasing capacity of the Bass Strait gas field, it seems certain that gas prices will continue to rise.