Officer Involved Shooting Leaves One Man Dead
Posted/updated on: January 5, 2017 at 11:51 am
GILMER — An Upshur County man was killed Tuesday night by law officers answering a wellfare call. It happened around 8:00pm on Cottonwood Road. Killed was Dale Hightower, 53, of Gilmer. Department of Public Safety Spokeswoman Jean Dark says arriving officers heard screaming coming from the residence. She said, when Hightower came outside and pointed a rifle at an Upshur County deputy and a state trooper, the officers shot him. He died at the scene. A woman found inside the residence was unharmed. The Texas Rangers are investigating the shooting.
