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Investigation continues in deadly Milam County shooting

by Jeanne Williams | Cameron Writer
Published: December 30, 2008
CAMERON - Edward A. Sexton III, 32, of Milano, who was shot early Sunday morning, died as a result of a single gunshot wound to the neck, Milam County Justice of the Peace Don Ahrendt said Monday.
Ahrendt conducted the inquest at the shooting scene early Sunday and ordered an autopsy with the Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office. A preliminary report was released Monday afternoon.
No charges have been filed against the shooter, Toby Brossard, but the case will be taken to the Milam County grand jury, Milam County Sheriff David Greene said.
The sheriff’s department was called to a shooting at 2 a.m. Sunday at the residence of Dana Jo Wadlington Sexton on County Road 218 near Cameron, Greene said. Brossard was staying at the home the night the incident occurred.
Greene said evidence indicates Sexton forced entry into his ex-wife’s home wielding a baseball bat, attempted to use the baseball bat as a weapon and was shot once with a large caliber handgun. The shooting occurred inside the home.
“He was dead when we got there,” Greene said.
Sexton and Ms. Sexton divorced last May, according to 20th District Court records. The sheriff’s department had received several calls in recent weeks of trespassing cases involving Sexton at his ex-wife’s residence, but no charges were filed, Greene said.
Sexton, a carbon setter at Alcoa Inc.’s Rockdale Operations, was a 1992 graduate of Milano High School, and coached PeeWee baseball and football.