Death by Cop- 2024

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Charles Dougherty

Case # :384

Gender : Male

Age : 56

Race : White

Date : 07/26/2024

Location : 203 North Arnold Street

City : Lampasas

County : Lampasas

State : Texas

Agency : Texas Department of Public Safety’s Highway Patrol, Texas Rangers, Texas DPS Special Response Team (SRT), Texas Parks and Wildlife, Lampasas County Sheriff’s Department, State Parks Police

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of death : Gunshot

Event : Suicide under police duress after presumed double homicide

Open records summary :

A man had arrived in a backyard and refused to leave. Police were called and he was issued a criminal trespass and the man left. An hour later, shots were heard. Police arrived and found the same 2 women who had reported him to police shot to death in their home. Someone had made forcible entry. The Texas Department of Public Safety’s Highway Patrol, Texas Rangers, the Texas DPS Special Response Team (SRT), Texas Parks and Wildlife, the County Sheriff’s Department and State Parks Police all arrived on scene. The man had fled to and locked himself inside of a home at 203 North Arnold Street and shot and killed himself when surrounded by police.

Source links :

https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/texas/man-who-killed-himself-believed-to-be-responsible-for-lampasas-murders/

https://www.lampasasdispatchrecord.com/news/two-lampasas-women-fatally-shot-murder-suicide