A Texas police officer died after a fall, not a shooting, as originally suspected.
A Texas police officer died after suffering a medical emergency, falling and seriously injuring his head Friday. The news, released Saturday afternoon, was a shocking turn from what authorities initially said was suspected to be a fatal shooting of a uniformed officer.
By Saturday, officials said Shepherd was outside of his vehicle when he suffered a medical emergency and injured his head when he fell to the ground. However, he was apparently able to pull himself into his car before he died. We lost one of our own last night. Sgt. Keith Shepherd dedicated his life to standing between evil and good. He was a 19yr veteran of our Detention Bureau and will always be a part of our family. Please pray for his family as they struggle with this loss and for the TCSO. pic.twitter.com/c46Wx5VUQm
The amount of blood both inside and outside of Shepherd's car led to the original belief he had been shot, Waybourn said."He was found in his vehicle with blood outside the vehicle and blood inside the vehicle," Waybourn said."And nobody knows what happened there. And the officers that found him immediately began to do emergency medical procedures on him."Shepherd was a 19-year veteran of the force.
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