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Hardeman County, Texas Sheriff’s Deputy Shoots and Kills Man With Knife

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A custodial death report was recently filed with the Attorney General of Texas regarding the death of Tommy Wayne Welch. Mr. Welch was 59 years old at the time of his death. For some unknown reason, the district attorney in Vernon filed the custodial death report. Texas law requires that the agency with purported custody of a person who dies be the agency that files the report. Information in this post was obtained from that report, and we make no allegation of any wrongdoing against anyone.

A Hardeman County, Texas deputy responded to a possible suicidal person call in Quanah, Texas. The deputy located Mr. Welch. Mr. Welch allegedly had a large knife and advanced toward the deputy. The report indicates that Mr. Welch continued advancing toward the deputy. Ultimately, the deputy shot and killed Mr. Welch.

Written By: author avatar Dean Malone
author avatar Dean Malone
Dean Malone is the founder of Law Offices of Dean Malone, P.C., a jail neglect civil rights law firm. Mr. Malone earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Texas at Dallas, graduating summa cum laude with a 4.0 GPA, and from Baylor University School of Law with a general civil litigation concentration. Mr. Malone served in several staff positions for the Baylor Law Review, including executive editor. Mr. Malone is an experienced trial lawyer, trying a number of cases to jury verdict and also handling arbitrations through final hearing. He heads the jail neglect section of his law firm, in which lawyers litigate cases involving serious injury and death resulting from jail neglect and abuse. Lawyers frequently refer cases to Mr. Malone due to his focus on this very complicated civil rights practice area.
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