Texas sheriff’s sergeant dies after found with head injuries
By: The Associated Press, policeone.com
FORT WORTH, Texas — A Texas sheriff’s sergeant who died shortly after being found in his car with head injuries apparently suffered a medical emergency and wasn’t shot, as deputies initially suspected, authorities said Saturday.
The Tarrant County medical examiner’s office determined that Sgt. Keith Shepherd suffered a pulmonary embolism. After falling, he was able to make it back to his own car where he was found Friday evening by colleagues who searched for him when he didn’t return from his break during a shift at the county jail.
Deputies initially thought he had been shot, leading law enforcement personnel to swarm the area around the county jail in Fort Worth.
