Authorities confirmed late Monday that they have arrested a person of interest in Houston in connection to the shooting of a state district judge in Austin.
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“The arrest was for unrelated charges and we will not make any further comments at this time due to our ongoing investigation”, Austin police said in a statement. “The law enforcement official stopped short of calling the person a suspect as the man has not yet been criminally charged with the Friday night shooting”.
District Judge Julie Kocurek remained hospitalized with injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening.
Jay Janner/AP Authorities investigate the scene Saturday where Judge Kocurek was shot the night before.
Someone came out of the darkness and began firing.
When she got out to move it she was “seriously injured by shrapnel and broken glass – rather than a direct hit from a bullet”.
Investigators don’t have a suspect. “Unfortunately, this occurred during the darkness”.
“Our hearts go out to Judge Kocurek and her family”.
It was a long night for those who live in Tarrytown.
“For too many years in Texas there have been stories of judges being assassinated or shot at in connection with cases they’re trying”, said McCalla.
“If this was going to happen to anybody, it wouldn’t happen to her”, retired Judge Bob Perkins told the paper. “It’s just something that comes with the territory”.
Kocurek was appointed to the court in 1999 by then-Gov.
“When she returned home, a bag of trash or a garbage had been placed in front of the security into her driveway”.
U.S. District Judge Richard Daronco was shot and killed in 1988 at his Pelham, New York, home by a man upset over Daronco’s dismissal of the man’s daughter’s sexual discrimination lawsuit.
The next year, federal Appeals Court Judge Robert Vance died after opening a mail bomb.
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A Texas district judge is now alert and able to speak to investigators. A plaintiff whose case Lefkow had dismissed claimed responsibility for the slayings in a suicide note.
