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James Byrd Jr. (May 2, 1949 – June 7, 1998) was an American man who was murdered by three men, two of whom were avowed white supremacists, in Jasper, Texas, on June 7, 1998. Shawn Berry, Lawrence Brewer, and John King dragged him for 3 miles (5 kilometers) behind a Ford pickup truck along an asphalt road.
On February 2, 2013, Kyle, 38, and his friend, Chad Littlefield, 35, were shot and killed by Eddie Ray Routh at the Rough Creek Ranch-Lodge-Resort shooting range in Erath County, Texas. [4] Both Kyle and Littlefield were armed with .45-caliber M1911 -style pistols when they were killed, but neither gun had been unholstered or fired, and the ...
Leon Gary Plauché (November 10, 1945 – October 20, 2014) was an American man known for publicly killing Jeffrey Doucet, a child molester who had kidnapped and raped Plauché's son, Joseph Boyce "Jody" Plauché (born April 27, 1972).
A Texas couple was sentenced to more than a decade in prison each Friday after their pit bulls got loose and killed an 81-year-old man last year, the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office said.
A West Texas deputy was fatally wounded Friday evening. A man has been charged in connection with the deputy's death. West Texas deputy killed in line of duty, suspect charged
The 53-year-old man was being chased by police when he drove through the doors of a JCPenney store on Dec. 21 Man Shot and Killed by Police After Driving Truck Through Texas Mall, Injuring 5 Skip ...
This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in 2005, whether in the line of duty or not, and regardless of reason or method. The listing documents the occurrence of a death, making no implications regarding wrongdoing or justification on the part of the person killed or officer involved.
The news comes as the greatest number of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty last year were in Texas. Eighteen were killed in Texas out of 147 federal, state, county, municipal ...