On Friday afternoon, Navarro County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to a location on FM 416 to assist Freestone County Deputies with a report of a gunshot victim. The victim was transported via ambulance to Hillcrest Hospital in Waco.
Wortham PD and Freestone County Deputies were dispatched to a residence on FM 80 between Streetman and Kirvin to serve a search warrant and felony arrest warrant from an altercation that occurred earlier in the day involving a drive-by shooting in Streetman.
According to reports from the Wortham Police Department, as Officers and Deputies were attempting to serve the warrants there was an Officer involved shooting and the suspect is deceased. Wortham Police Chief Kelly Butler stated via Facebook, “No Officers or Deputies were injured. No names or further details are being released as this is an ongoing investigation being conducted by the Texas Rangers.”
Look for Ericka Lane’s update in the June 28th issue of The NavCo Chronicle.
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