Milam County invasion. BG dead at residence

[ErnieP]

From the Austin American Statesman:

One dead in Milam County shooting
By Andrea Lorenz | Sunday, December 28, 2008, 10:29 AM

A Milam County man was shot and killed early Sunday morning in what the sheriff’s office said was a home invasion.

Authorities say Edward Sexton III, 34, had broken into a home and was shot and killed at about 2 a.m. Sunday.

Sexton was pronounced dead at the residence on County Road 218 in Cameron, a town in Milam County northeast of Austin, according to a release from Milam County Sheriff David Greene, which was read over the phone by a dispatcher for the sheriff’s office.

No arrests have been made. An autopsy has been ordered, and the incident is still under investigation.

[Duck_and_Cover]

I am glad to see justice still prevails in Milam County. LEOs have been in my family for a long time. A relative (Deputy) was killed in the line of duty in 1887. http://www.odmp.org/officer/15894-deput ... f-lee-pool" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Can you imagine what he would think about the world today.

[WarHawk-AVG]

DRT is what criminal scum deserve...ESPECIALLY if they choose to invade someones home in the middle of the night!

+1 for the goodguys!!!

[M9FAN]

+1 for the goodguys!!!

[TheArmedFarmer]

The Cameron area just got a lot safer for two reasons:

1) This bad guy won't infiltrate a family's home ever again.

2) A powerful message has been sent to other would-be criminals in Cameron.

This was a good outcome.

[bryang]

That is one less scum bag that goes around terrorising families...he broke down one to many doors.

-geo

[CJATE]

I followed this story closely as I felt the original news was presented peculiarly, and not all that particularly note worthy, and it's not that far from home.

Few days latter it has come out that the house he broke into was his ex-wifes… might not have been a robbery.

[Mike from Texas]

I love a story with a happy ending.

[pt145ss]

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.

[Keith B]

Cases of domestic violence are getting more prevalent and extreme. It seems to me these days folks jump into marriage a lot faster and many have the idea that if it doesn't work, they can just get divorced. This leads to a lot more opportunities for ex's to fight leading to these types of cases. Case in point, the guy in the Santa suit in California recently that went on the shooting spree at the ex's Christmas party.