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deputy-involved shooting

news story

02.08.10

A CHAMBERS COUNTY OFF-DUTY DEPUTY WAS INVOLVED IN A FATAL SHOOTING FRIDAY AFTERNOON. CHAMBERS COUNTY SHERIFF JOE LARIVE HAS NOT RELEASED THAT DEPUTY’S NAME OR THE OTHER PEOPLE’S NAMES INVOLVED IN AN ALTERCATION THAT REPORTEDLY LED TO THE SHOOTING THAT CLAIMED ONE MAN’S LIFE. WHAT SHERIFF LARIVE DID SAY IS AROUND 2:15 FRIDAY AFTERNOON, A VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 124 NEAR LEBLANC ROAD IN WINNIE. FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, THE CHAMBERS COUNTY SHERIFF SAID A 29-YEAR-OLD PASSENGER ATTACKED THE VEHICLE’S 44-YEAR-OLD DRIVER. AT THAT POINT, THE DRIVER STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND FLED, BUT THE 29-YEAR-OLD PASSENGER PULLED A KNIFE AND BEGAN STABBING HIM. The UNNAMED ATTACKER chased HIS VICTIM a short distance, before they fell to the ground WHERE THE STABBING REPORTEDLY CONTINUED. NEARBY, A Chambers County DEPUTY Was working an off-duty job at THE Texas Coastal Community Federal Credit Union, WHICH had been robbed the day before, in an unrelated incident.  A witness notified thAT CHAMBERS COUNTY Deputy of the attack, and HE responded to the scene on foot. SHERIFF LARIVE SAID THE STABBING ATTACK WAS STILL GOING ON WHEN THE LAWMAN ARRIVED, SO THE CHAMBERS COUNTY DEPUTY identified himself as a pEACE officer and ordered the 29-YEAR-OLD MAN to drop HIS knife. ACCORDING TO THE NEWS RELEASE, THE ASSAILANT Refused to drop the WEAPON and THEN lunged at the Deputy. CHAMBERS COUNTY SHERIFF LARIVE SAID THE DEPUTY - fearing for his life and the life of the victim - fired one shot, killing the ATTACKER. THE STABBING VICTIM WAS TRANSPORTED to a Beaumont Hospital where he was treated for multiple stab wounds. He is listed in good condition. ThIS CHAMBERS COUNTY DEPUTY-INVOLVED SHOOTING is being investigated by the Texas Rangers. AGAIN, CHAMBERS COUNTY SHERIFF JOE LARIVE DID NOT RELEASE ANY NAMES OF THOSE INVOLVED IN THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON ALTERCATION THAT LED TO THE DEATH OF A 29-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO REPORTEDLY WAS IN THE PROCESS OF STABBING SOMEONE ELSE WHEN CONFRONTED BY THE CHAMBERS COUNTY OFF-DUTY DEPUTY.