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Mar 02, 2020
Shooting Victim Calls 911, Later Found
Deceased.
At
1:pm this evening a frantic 911 call to the Liberty County Sheriff’s Dispatcher
from a shooting victim, reported to be Aiden Walker, who told dispatchers that
he had just been shot eight times. When the call went out for deputies to
respond to the location of #40 CR 3557 in the Grand San Jacinto Sub-Division of
north Liberty County in the Plum Grove area, Cpl. Oscar Martinez and two other
deputies were close by and responded to the scene within less than a minute.
Cpl.
Martinez said that all doors to the mobile home were locked and deputies were
unable to make immediate entry. Knowing that a shooting victim was inside and
needed assistance but not knowing if the shooter was still inside the mobile
home, Martinez made a precarious entry through a
side window where he found Walker
deceased on the floor with his cell phone nearby. After opening the door from
the inside, the deputies searched the home but found the suspect had already
fled the scene.
Martinez said witnesses in the area
reported hearing several gun shots and thought the shooter sped away in a red
colored vehicle. As LCSO Investigators conducted the scene investigation,
Criminal Investigation Division Commander Capt. Billy Knox reported the alleged
shooter had surrendered him self at approximately 3:30pm and was in custody.
The dispatcher’s office confirmed his identity to be 17 year old Samuel F.
Depina. Knox later reported that Depina was not cooperating with Investigators and
would not discuss the shooting. At this early stage of the investigation, the
motive is unknown as is the relationship between Walker and Depina.
Pct.
6 Justice of the Peace Judge Ralph Fuller responded to the scene and ordered an
autopsy. The autopsy will determine how many times Walker, who is reported to
be in his early 20’s, was actually shot.
The
alleged shooter, Samuel F. Depina was placed in the Liberty County Jail as the
investigation continues. (END)
Thank
you,
Capt.
Ken DeFoor
PIO
LCSO
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