Posted on 10/01/2009 2:01:47 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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 Governor Perry confirmed to BNO News that one of his cousins was killed but had no further information. It was also not clear why the governor did not decide to release the information earlier. Asked if the governor would release a statement, the spokeswoman said she was not sure. She also had no information about the relationship Perry may have had with Wheeler.
at least it had a happy ending.
Suicide by Cop....
Relatives can be problematic but there isn’t much you can do about them.
He was in his backyard at a country club home???
Maybe he should have stuck to golf. Not good.
Nope. We choose our friends, not our family.
Seems a little odd.
Wasn't Perry the one that flew in on a state funded aircraft for grand opening ceremonies at a new Muslim center in Texas a few years back?
Don’t point a firearm or shoot at law enforcement. Here endeth the lesson.
Not smart. RIP.
“Nope. We choose our friends, not our family.”
No kidding. My aunt is a well-known (notorious?) British peace-activist and commie sympathizer. She has been at it since before World War 2 and the days of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact. She was briefly under house arrest in 1940-41 and was turned loose only when Hitler betrayed his former accomplices by invading the Soviet Union. Today, at age 90, she defends Palestinian butchers just as ardently as she defended Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot when they were the darlings of the left.
The term "Cousin" doesn't mean much ...
This isn’t strictly related to the 2010 Texas Governor’s Race, but I’m pinging you anyway. If there was any relationship (besides familial) between Perry and Wheeler, expect it to be exploited for the race.
Suicide by sheriff’s deputies.
Hearing the cousin supported Perry politically for many years, and the cousin was a big pro death penalty guy, in addition, the cousin seems to be directly involved in Perry's current political campaign.
Yikes
That don't jive with the reported story...
The suspect was armed with a loaded weapon, and actually shot at the LEOs...
I have lots and lots of cousins,too (Irish Catholic) but not one of them has ever has a run in with the law more serious than "60 in a 50".
And, a country club community to boot. At 74, I wonder if there isn't some underlying physical ailment at play here. I'm no doctor - in any way - but, there are several conditions that can result in delusions, mania or some other break with reality.
Seems these to were closer, connected and not just distant cousins.
Hearing the cousin supported Perry politically for many years, and the cousin was a big pro death penalty guy, in addition, the cousin seems to be directly involved in Perry's current political campaign.
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