Incident

12-04-2017 Texas San Marcos 1-1

Location

December 04, 2017

Incident Address
San Marcos, Texas

Participants

  • Type: Victim
  • Participant Characteristics:
    • Law Enforcement
  • Name: Officer Kenneth Copeland
  • Age: 58
  • Age Group: Adult 18+
  • Gender: Male
  • Status: Killed
  • Type: Subject-Suspect
  • Name: Stewart Thomas Mettz
  • Age: 51
  • Age Group: Adult 18+
  • Gender: Male
  • Status: Injured, Arrested

Incident Characteristics

  • Shot - Wounded/Injured
  • Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
  • Officer Involved Incident
  • Officer Involved Shooting - Officer killed
  • Police Targeted
  • Shootout (where VENN diagram of shooters and victims overlap)
  • LOCKDOWN/ALERT ONLY: No GV Incident Occurred Onsite
  • Possession of gun by felon or prohibited person

Notes

Officer serving a warrant shot and killed; four area schools were placed on lock down

Guns Involved

2 guns involved.

  • Type: Unknown
  • Type: Unknown

District

Congressional District: 21
State Senate District: 25
State House District: 45