DALLAS (AP) _ The attorney for a Central Texas man accused of killing a sheriff’s deputy says the man thought he was the victim of a home invasion when he opened fire.
Henry Goedrich Magee is accused of capital murder of a peace officer in the death of Sgt. Adam Sowders. The Burleson County Sheriff’s Office said Monday that investigators had found the semi-automatic rifle used to kill Sowders at Magee’s rural home near Somerville, about 90 miles northwest of Houston.
But Magee’s attorney, Dick DeGuerin, says sheriff’s deputies did not announce themselves when they entered Magee’s home just before 6 a.m. Thursday. DeGuerin says Magee opened fire without knowing that the person he shot was a sheriff’s deputy.
District Attorney Julie Renken declined to comment on specific allegations due to the investigation.
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Monday morning, the Burleson County District Attorney has released a little more information about last week’s death of deputy sheriff Adam Sowders.
According to a news release, the Texas Rangers told DA Julie Renken an A-R semi-automatic rifle was used by suspect Henry Magee.
And there is no evidence that any of the officers at Magee’s home involved in executing a search warrant returned fire.
Authorities have not disclosed the purpose of the search warrant and why at least eight officers were at the home between Somerville and Caldwell.
Magee remains in the Washington County jail in Brenham.
Sowders’ funeral service is Friday afternoon at 1 at Central Baptist Church in College Station. Visitation is Thursday evening from 6 until 9, also at Central Baptist.