Police are looking into whether or not a shootout with police officers in Texas is linked to the murder of Colorado prison chief Tom Clements, CBS Denver affiliate KCNC reports.
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Clements, the executive director of the Colorado Department of Corrections, was killed after he answered the door at his home in Monument Tuesday night.
Texas authorities are checking whether a shooting suspect's black Cadillac with Colorado plates was the same car spotted near the Clements' home the night he was killed.
"It's described as being a two-door car, very boxy either black or dark-colored. It's also being described as being very shiny," said El Paso County Sheriff spokesman Lt. Jeff Kramer. "It was onserved to be occupied by one person. We have no description on that one person."
Texas officers tried to pull over a known drug suspect in Montague County Thursday, when someone inside the vehicle started firing back and drove away. A source told KCNC that Deputy James Boyd was hit in the chest, but was wearing a bulletproof vest. Another shot is believed to have hit Boyd in the ear.
Officials continued to drive after the suspect, whose identity isn't known, in a high-speed chase that led through two counties. The male suspect reportedly continued shooting as he led authorities on the chase.
Eventually the suspect crashed the Cadillac in Decatur, near Highway 380 and US 287. At some point, he was shot in the head and taken to an area hospital.
Witnesses tell KCNC that Deputy Boyd was conscious and talking after he was shot and was taken by air ambulance to Harris Methodist Medical Center in Fort Worth. He is listed in serious condition.
[h=3]Colo. prisons chief shot and killed at home[/h]
[h=3]Colo. official shot at front door[/h]
Clements, the executive director of the Colorado Department of Corrections, was killed after he answered the door at his home in Monument Tuesday night.
Texas authorities are checking whether a shooting suspect's black Cadillac with Colorado plates was the same car spotted near the Clements' home the night he was killed.
"It's described as being a two-door car, very boxy either black or dark-colored. It's also being described as being very shiny," said El Paso County Sheriff spokesman Lt. Jeff Kramer. "It was onserved to be occupied by one person. We have no description on that one person."
Texas officers tried to pull over a known drug suspect in Montague County Thursday, when someone inside the vehicle started firing back and drove away. A source told KCNC that Deputy James Boyd was hit in the chest, but was wearing a bulletproof vest. Another shot is believed to have hit Boyd in the ear.
Officials continued to drive after the suspect, whose identity isn't known, in a high-speed chase that led through two counties. The male suspect reportedly continued shooting as he led authorities on the chase.
Eventually the suspect crashed the Cadillac in Decatur, near Highway 380 and US 287. At some point, he was shot in the head and taken to an area hospital.
Witnesses tell KCNC that Deputy Boyd was conscious and talking after he was shot and was taken by air ambulance to Harris Methodist Medical Center in Fort Worth. He is listed in serious condition.