Lacresha Murray says she was shot at six times by a Copperas County Police Department off-duty cop who failed to identify himself prior to the incident.
Copperas Cove woman says she s the victim in the off-duty officer-involved shooting
and last updated 2021-05-28 10:03:38-04
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The Texas Rangers are investigating a shooting in the 1500 block of Robertson Avenue in Copperas Cove.
In a press release sent to 25 News from the Copperas Cove Police Department, an off-duty police officer was involved in the shooting.
The release explained that the officer was not injured, yet a female driver was sent to Baylor Scott and White Hospital in Temple with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds.
25 News was at the scene of the shooting when a woman in a light blue hospital gown and multiple wounds stopped by the crime scene asking officers working to retrieve her phone from what she says was her vehicle, the one that was involved in the shooting.
Woman Shot Six Times by Off-Duty Police Officer During Confrontation Says She Was Heading to Hospital
On 5/25/21 at 2:12 PM EDT
The Texas Rangers are investigating a shooting involving an off-duty officer and a woman, who said she was shot six times by the officer while on her way to the hospital on Sunday, reported KXXV.
In Copperas Cove, Texas, just an hour north of Austin, Lecresha Murray told KXXV that she was feeling ill and was driving herself to the hospital Sunday afternoon when a silver truck went around her and then drove slowly in front of her.
In order to get herself to the hospital faster, she went around the silver truck, which proceeded to follow behind her closely. Murray said that she pulled over at a stop sign. She then got out of the car, holding onto her hip area, which was in pain, and went over to confront the driver.
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