TEXAS CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT
Joe Stanton
Chief of Police
FBI
N.A. Graduate - Session 243
News Release
19-006254
Shooting Investigation
TEXAS
CITY, TX October 29, 2019 at 3:49 PM, Texas City Police responded to reports of
shots fired at the Westward Apartments, located at 123 N. Westward Street,
Texas City. Officers arrived on scene and
detained two male subjects who had been involved in a verbal altercation that
escalated when both males pulled weapons, and began firing at each other. One
of the males detained at the scene did receive gunshot wound to the shoulder
during the exchange and transported to UTMB by Texas City EMS, and released a
short time later. This is an active investigation with charges pending.
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Corporal
Allen Bjerke
Public Information Officer
Texas City Police Department
