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Jeffrey Nicholas is suspected of fatally shooting two West Texas sheriff’s deputies and wounding a city employee while they were responding to a dog complaint. (Tom Green County Sheriff’s Office)
EDEN, Texas A man shot two West Texas sheriff’s deputies dead and critically wounded a city employee while they were responding to a complaint about a dog, authorities said Tuesday.
Sgt. Justin Baker of the Texas Department of Public Safety said the suspected gunman was taken into custody after Monday night’s attack in Eden, a town of about 1,300 people about 210 miles southwest of Dallas.
DPS said Wednesday that Nicholas opened fire on Jones and Leonard after they made contact with him while responding to a dog complaint.
Officials have said little else about what happened before the shooting, which is being investigated by the Texas Rangers. Jeffrey Nicholas, 28, is jailed in nearby Tom Green County Detention Center on two charges of capital murder of a peace officer.
Hutchings, a city employee who helps with animal control, told the newspaper that the officers were helping city employees collect two dogs that had bitten someone earlier in the day.
The deputies had already caught one of the dogs and the other one ran into Nicholas yard. Hutchings said Nicholas did not own either animal.
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A witness says a West Texas man accused of fatally shooting two sheriff’s deputies was angry they were in his yard trying to catch a dog that had bitten someone. Officials say Concho County deputies Stephen Jones and Samuel Leonard were killed and city employee Ronnie Winans was injured in the shooting Monday evening in Eden. David Hutchings, a city. eden 14 hours ago
Lamesa mourns for fallen deputy Samuel Leonard One of the fallen Concho County deputies, Samuel Leonard, was a lifelong Lamesa man who had just left the Dawson County Sheriffâs Office only three weeks ago. (Source: Provided by Family) By Camelia Juarez | May 12, 2021 at 5:44 PM CDT - Updated May 12 at 7:14 PM
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - One of the fallen Concho County deputies, Samuel Leonard, was a lifelong Lamesa man who had just left the Dawson County Sheriffâs Office only three weeks ago.
He leaves behind his wife and daughter, who had not yet moved to meet him in Concho County.