Follow-up: Limestone County Judge -- DPS shooting suspect dies by suicide
MEXIA — A Texas state trooper was hospitalized Saturday in critical but stable condition after being shot near the city of Mexia, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Trooper Chad Walker was shot about 7:45 p.m. Friday while stopping to assist a motorist in an apparently disabled vehicle west of Mexia, about 75 miles southeast of Dallas, according to the statement from DPS regional director Todd Snyder.
Walker had not come to a stop behind the vehicle on the shoulder of the roadway when the gunman, identified as 37-year-old DeArthur Pinson, got out of the disabled vehicle and opened fire, Snyder said.
Walker was struck in the head and abdomen and was later flown to a hospital in Waco, about 40 miles away.
The McLennan County Sheriff’s Office reported Saturday evening that Limestone County Judge Richard Duncan said the shooting suspect has died by suicide.
https://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/texas/sports/limestone-county-judge-dps-shooting-suspect-dies-by-suicide/article_80e1e449-f677-532b-a13e-eede63a374bc.html
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Earlier thread:
Texas State Trooper shot Friday night near Mexia
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