This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. Weber in Austin contributed to this report.Ĭopyright 2020 The Associated Press. Kenneth Copeland was shot and killed while serving a warrant in 2017.Īttanasio reported from El Paso. Putnam was the second San Marcos officer to die in the line-of-duty, according to city officials. It is home to Texas State University and is known for its outdoor recreational opportunities and its scenic springs and rivers. San Marcos, with a population of about 63,000, is a fast-growing city between San Antonio and Austin. A gunman authorities said shot three Texas constable deputies, one fatally, during an 'ambush' outside a Houston nightclub remained at large on Sunday afternoon. “He understood what it took to police a wonderfully diverse community like San Marcos.” “We lost a fine young man, a faithful officer and friend last night," the chief said. HOUSTON (CBSDFW. 0:45 One constable deputy was killed and two other deputies were wounded in a shooting outside a Houston bar early Saturday morning, police said. Putnam, who died at the scene, is survived by his fiancee, said Klett, who paused to hold back tears. None of the other family members were seriously hurt. The suspect fired on them with a rifle as soon as they entered, he said.Īfter the initial shooting, a tactical team went into the apartment to confront the attacker and found him dead of an apparent gunshot wound, Klett said. The officers responded to a 911 call about a man in the apartment who had hit is wife and was threatening other family members who were there.Īfter speaking with a family member in the parking lot, the officers decided to enter the building because they believed people inside were still in danger, Klett said. He said that the man wore body armor “as part of his preparation for the officers coming in.” His criminal record was not immediately available. He tentatively identified the shooter as a 45-year-old local man, Alfredo Perez de la Cruz, but he said he and the Texas Rangers were still working to confirm the man's identity because he apparently went by different names. The deputies were ambushed while working extra security jobs at a nightclub. “He was prepared, ready for them to come in and started shooting immediately, and there was nothing they could do to escape the gunfire,” said Klett. A man with a rifle shot 3 Texas deputies outside a bar early Saturday, killing one of them, Houston police said. Saturday morning when they responded to a. The Harris County Precinct 4 constable deputies were working an extra job around 2:15 a.m. The attack Saturday in San Marcos, a college town 45 miles (72 kilometers) northeast of San Antonio, left 31-year-old Officer Justin Putnam dead and two other officers in critical but stable condition, the city's interim police chief, Bob Klett, said at a news conference Sunday. The deputies were working on a job at the 45 North Bar and Lounge in the 4400 block of the North Freeway near Crosstimbers at around 2.15 a.m. SAN MARCOS, Texas – A man who killed one Texas police officer and wounded two others before killing himself was wearing body armor and waiting to ambush them when they arrived at his home in response to a domestic violence call, authorities said Sunday.
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