By Police1 Staff
GILMER, Texas — A sheriff is asking for the public’s help in finding the suspect who opened fire on an Upshur County sheriff deputy’s home, patrol car and personal car.
Sheriff Larry Webb said the deputy was off-duty at home with her two children Saturday when someone fire multiple rounds at her home and cars, the Longview News-Journal reported.
One round came into the home and got caught in the clothing of one of her children. Another hit a chair the child was sitting in near the window. Both children were uninjured.
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“Due to the amount of damage done to the patrol car, investigators are looking into the likelihood of a retaliation motive on the part of the persons having recent interaction with the Upshur County Sheriff’s Office or one of its deputies,” Webb told the publication.
While he declined to identify the deputy, a two-year veteran, and the names of persons of interest, Webb said the suspects were in a brown or tan car.
He said the department has a witness who saw the entire incident. A deputy has been stationed at the officer’s house for added protection. Webb told KLTV this was an attack on law enforcement.
“It was an attack on the county as a whole, and the state of Texas,”Webb said. “This is not going to be tolerated, and we are going to prosecute these folks to the extent of the law.”