Incident
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12-04-2017 Texas San Marcos 1-1
Location
December 04, 2017
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
Sources
District
Congressional District: 21State Senate District: 25
State House District: 45