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Lamesa mourns fallen Concho County deputy who was raised on the South Plains
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Friends, family and fellow law enforcement officers from around the area gathered at Lamesa s First Baptist Church Monday afternoon to celebrate the life of Concho County Deputy Samuel Leonard.
Leonard and Concho County Sheriff s Sgt. Stephen Jones died in the line of duty after they were dispatched the evening of May 10 to the 100 block of Bryan Street in Eden for what began as a dog complaint but quickly escalated into a confrontation with a neighbor.
Leonard, 26, was a longtime Lamesa resident who had only left the Dawson County Sheriff s Department, where he worked for about a year, just three weeks before taking the job in Concho County. He leaves behind a wife and young daughter.
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Shock turned to grief and mourning Tuesday morning as word spread that a longtime Lamesa resident who had been a deputy sheriff here up until just a couple of weeks ago was killed in the line of duty at his new job in Eden.
Deputy Samuel Leonard of Lamesa, age 26, and fellow Concho County Sheriff’s Sgt. Stephen Jones were both shot and killed Monday evening in Eden.
Another individual, identified as an Eden city employee, was critically injured in the same incident, according to a Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) spokeperson.
Funeral services for Leonard, who leaves behind a wife and .
Capital Murder: What Really Went Down in Eden, Texas
EDEN, TX According to court documents exclusively obtained by San Angelo LIVE!, two Concho County Sheriff’s Deputies were engaged in a struggle where the deputies attempted to use a Taser to subdue Jeffery Vincent Nicholas, 28. That is when both deputies were shot and killed by Nicholas. The two victims were Deputy Stephen Jones and Deputy Samuel Leonard.
The incident happened at 8:40 p.m. Monday night, May 10.
The official report states that both deputies responded to the 100 block of Bryan Street in Eden to investigate an incident involving a dog bite. While investigating, the deputies encountered Nicholas and asked him where the dog or dogs where. Nicholas refused to cooperate, court documents state. Then Nicholas ordered the peace officers off his property. According to the witnesses the Texas Rangers interviewed, Nicholas threatened to shoot the deputies if the deputies did not get off his property.