{"id":739984,"date":"2018-09-11T08:01:28","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T13:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=739984"},"modified":"2018-09-12T08:00:12","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T13:00:12","slug":"texas-ranger-investigate-officer-involved-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=739984","title":{"rendered":"Texas Rangers Investigate Officer Involved Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2018\/09\/Todd-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-739985\" \/>LUFKIN &#8212; A suspect wanted on felony warrants is in stable condition following an officer involved shooting in Lufkin. It happened around 10:30 Monday night following an anonymous tip. Lufkin police responded to an apartment complex where the suspect, Todd Sturgis, 26, was said to be hiding in a bedroom. He refused to show his hands and continually reached under a mattress. Sturgis was tased but it was ineffective. He then attempted to take an officer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s gun when the officer fired a single shot striking Sturgis in the torso.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Sturgis was taken to a local hospital and is expected to recover. The officer involved in the shooting was not injured in the incident. Another officer suffered a minor fracture when a Taser barb lodged in his finger during the struggle. The officer involved will be on administrative leave with pay until the Texas Rangers have completed their investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Sturgis led officers on a high-speed pursuit after they attempted to take him into custody on Tarrant County warrants for kidnapping, evading arrest and delivery of a controlled substance. He evaded capture and has a Lufkin Police warrant for evading arrest in connection to that incident. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LUFKIN &#8212; A suspect wanted on felony warrants is in stable condition following an officer involved shooting in Lufkin. It happened around 10:30 Monday night following an anonymous tip. Lufkin police responded to an apartment complex where the suspect, Todd Sturgis, 26, was said to be hiding in a bedroom. He refused to show his &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=739984\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Texas Rangers Investigate Officer Involved Shooting<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":739985,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-739984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-13 06:28:39","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=739984"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":739998,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739984\/revisions\/739998"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/739985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=739984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=739984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=739984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}