Brownwood PD Press Release – On Saturday, May 20, 2017, at approximately 12:25 p.m., Brownwood Police Officers were called to a home in the 300 block N. Greenleaf Street for a reported shooting. Upon arrival, responding officers located one male subject in a residence suffering from a gunshot wound. Officers were informed a person involved with the shooting had fled the scene on foot towards the City of Early.
A Brown County Sheriff’s Office Deputy and Early Police Department Officer located and detained Preston Dilon Browne, W/M, 25 years of age, on CC Woodson Road near S. Broadway Street in Brownwood. Browne was arrested at that time and transported to the Brown County Jail. He is currently being charged with Tampering with or Fabricating Physical Evidence, a Third Degree Felony and Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, also a Third Degree Felony.
The 29 year-old male victim was flown to Hendrick Hospital in Abilene in critical condition by Air Evac.
This is an ongoing investigation. The Brownwood Police Department Criminal Investigation Division is leading the investigation and is being assisted by the Abilene Police Department and Early Police Department. The name of the victim is not being released at this time.
