SECOND UPDATE: Reports are coming in that the suspect was found and has committed suicide. Complete details in this week’s print edition.
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UPDATE: The Freestone County Sheriff’s Office has been informed Saturday evening around 7:00 pm that there is no longer a threat in regard to the shooting of DPS Trooper Chad Walker.
“We ask our citizens to join with our agency and hundreds of others across this state in prayer for Trooper Walker and his family,” said County Sheriff Jeremy Shipley.
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The Texas Department of Public Safety is asking for the public’s help in locating a man wanted in connection to the shooting of a Texas DPS Trooper near Mexia, Texas.
Authorities have issued a Blue Alert in his disappearance, as of Saturday morning, march 27, 2021.
DeArthur Pinson Jr., 36, is considered “armed and dangerous and should not be approached,” according to officials.
Pinson Jr. is described as wearing a black hoodie, shorts with a stripe down the side, and he may be wearing glasses, according to the alert.
Anyone with more information on his whereabouts should contact 911 immediately.
Further details are limited at this time, but we’ll bring more updates as they become available.
