The Ellis County Press: Local officer eludes death, shoots robber

Local officer eludes death, shoots robber
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Editor on 07/10/2003 00:00:00


JOEY DAUBEN
The Ellis County Press
WAXAHACHIE - A police officer eluded bullets and death Wednesday, July 2, while
chasing a Lancaster man who had just tried to rob a Walgreens store.
William Garcia was charged with attempted capital murder of a police officer and
aggravated robbery, according to Waxahachie Deputy Chief Brett Colston.
Police received a call about a possible robbery in progress at the Walgreens on
High-way 77 around 10 p.m., when store employees were closing, Colston said.
Garcia reportedly started running when police showed up, and then turned to fire
at the still-unnamed officer as he was chasing him.
Garcia was transported to Baylor Medical Center in Waxahachie and then taken to
a Dallas hospital by CareFlight.
Upon his release, Garcia was to be detained in the Ellis County jail.