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WILLS POINT \u2013 The Van Zandt County Sheriff\u2019s Office arrested a man for aggravated assault near Wills Point on Friday after an hours-long standoff. <\/p>\nWILLS POINT \u2013 The Van Zandt County Sheriff\u2019s Office arrested a man for aggravated assault near Wills Point on Friday after an hours-long standoff. <\/p>\n
According to our news partner KETK and the sheriff\u2019s office, deputies were sent out to County Road 3832,on the western edge of Wills Point, after reports of a reported verbal disturbance. When they arrived, he reportedly already left. The man was identified as 32-year-old John Cooper of Wills Point. Deputies learned that Cooper had active arrest warrants for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.<\/p>\n
At around 4:43 p.m. on Friday, the sheriff\u2019s office said deputies found Cooper at a travel trailer north of Wills Point. Deputies attempted to contact Cooper for over two hours, but he wouldn\u2019t come out.<\/p>\n
Deputies then decided to get a search warrant so they could go inside to arrest him. <\/p>\n
Deputies then shot tear gas canisters into the trailer just before they went in and arrested Cooper at around 8:29 p.m. on Friday. <\/p>\n
Cooper was evaluated outside of the gassed trailer by EMS and then taken to the Van Zandt County Jail for two aggravated assault with a deadly weapon warrants and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon warrant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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