Man shot by deputy at cemetery
Posted/updated on: July 6, 2026 at 9:27 am
HENDERSON COUNTY – A Henderson County Sheriff’s Office deputy shot a man at Malakoff Cemetery on Sunday. According to our news partner KETK, a deputy responded to the Malakoff Cemetery on County Road 1400 at around 12:18 p.m. on Sunday because of a reported suicidal man. The deputy responding to the scene saw the man and he was reportedly armed with a pistol.
According to the sheriff’s office, the deputy had asked him to drop the pistol several times but the man raised the gun in the deputy’s direction, which prompted the deputy to shoot the man in the abdomen. The deputy then notified dispatchers that he had shot the man. The deputy started to tend to the man’s injuries until EMS arrived to transport him to a local hospital, where he’s currently in stable condition, according to the sheriff’s office.
The Texas Rangers and the Henderson County District Attorney’s Office have been contacted in order to investigate this shooting, which is the standard protocol for all shootings involving law enforcement officers.
