Texas Governor’s cousin shot and killed by deputies
MONTAGUE COUNTY, TEXAS (BNO NEWS) – Deputies with the Montague County Sheriff’s Department have shot and killed a cousin of Texas Governor Rick Perry, officials told BNO News on Thursday.
The cousin was identified as 74-year-old Larry Don Wheeler. Montague County District Attorney Jack McGaughey told BNO News that sheriff’s deputies initially responded to a 911 call of shots fired at his home at a Montague County country club on Saturday night.
When two deputies arrived on the scene, Wheeler, who was sitting on his backyard deck, pointed a shotgun at the officers and opened fire. One officer sustained a wound to his hand from the shots, McGaughey said. The officers then returned fire, and fatally shot Wheeler.
It was not immediately clear as to why Wheeler may have decided to open fire. The Texas Rangers, and an investigator from the Montague County District Attorney’s Office is investigating the case. McGaughey said the sheriff’s department is not involved in the investigation.
A spokeswoman for Gov