Passenger in vehicle transported to area hospital
(Seguin) – A suspected car thief was shot and killed by a Texas DPS Trooper Friday night in the Love’s Truck Stop parking lot.
DPS Trooper Sgt. Kenny Mata says the incident began just after 7:40 p.m. at the truck stop located in the 3100 block of I-10. Mata says a Guadalupe County Constable was said to have eyes on and was following what he believed was a stolen pick-up truck throughout the parking lot.
After calling in the incident, area law officers arrived on scene. They included the DPS Trooper and a Guadalupe County Sheriff’s Deputy. Mata says as the trooper attempted to make what he calls a “high risk” traffic stop, the suspect put the truck in reverse and ran into the front end of the constable’s vehicle. It was at that time that the trooper fired multiple shots at the suspect’s vehicle. Those shots killed the male driver and also injured a male passenger who was transported to SAMMC (San Antonio Military Medical Center).
Identifies of the suspects have not been released. The case is now under the investigation of the Texas Rangers.