UPDATE: Man in custody after shots fired in Jacksonville
Posted/updated on: April 22, 2025 at 3:08 pm
JACKSONVILLE – A man was taken into custody on Sunday after eight to ten gunshots were fired inside the Super Gallo grocery store in Jacksonville, according to our news partner KETK.
Jacksonville Police Department Chief of Police Steven Markasky said the four hour long standoff started after a man walked into Super Gallo and entered the business office where he fired several gunshots at the ceiling. The business was then evacuated, according to a Jacksonville PD press release. Cherokee County Sheriff Brent Dickson confirmed the man was barricaded inside the office and was occasionally firing rounds into the ceiling. According to Dickson, the local SWAT team arrived at the scene and waited for the Texas Department of Public Safety’s SWAT team to arrive so they could help end the standoff. The Texas Department of Public Safety SRT and Crisis Negotiation Response Team arrived at the store and after four hours of calling out to him, the man was taken into custody without incident, officials said. A press release identified the man taken into custody as Amado Urquiza, 38 of Jacksonville.
Markasky said there were no injuries reported from the shots fired. He added that they’re currently processing the scene for evidence and that there’s no threat to the public as of Sunday afternoon.





