A Howardwick man remained hospitalized Monday following a shooting incident last Wednesday, September 7.
Donley County Sheriff Butch Blackburn said the man, whose name has not been released, will be facing a third degree felony charge of Deadly Conduct when he gets released from the hospital.
Blackburn said his office was called to Borger Street in Howardwick last Wednesday evening on a report that man possibly on drugs was hallucinating and shooting firearms in the direction of people’s residences.
When a deputy and the Department of Public Safety arrived, the man went inside his trailer house and fired several more rounds.
Sheriff Blackburn and two deputies entered the trailer armed with shotguns and a beanbag shotgun. The individual would not lay down his weapon, so he was shot with the bean bag gun, the sheriff said.
It was soon learned that he had been severely injured by the bean bag. The man was transported to Northwest Texas Hospital where he remained at press time.
Blackburn said the Texas Rangers are investigating the case at his request.
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