Shooting Victim Dies
Posted/updated on: January 4, 2012 at 2:30 pm
QUITMAN — A man shot last Friday in Wood County has died. Authorities identify the victim as Bruce Straub. According to KETK, Straub was reportedly shot in the head on County Road 2210 around 4:00 Friday afternoon. Officials say Straub was a passenger in a pickup traveling east on the road. The driver of the truck stopped at a flea market to place the 911 call. Straub was taken by emergency helicopter to East Texas Medical Center in Tyler. Officials say the suspect in the shooting is Joel David Head, 44, (pictured), who was taken into custody Friday on unrelated charges.
