UPDATE Sunday – 9:30 PM – Brownwood Police released their first official statement regarding the shooting on Brady Avenue Sunday. This statement confirms that a man was deceased because of a gunshot wound, but offers no further details at this time. More information regarding the incident is exepcted on Monday. The police statement is below.
“On Sunday, November 02, 2014, around 4:15 PM officers of the Brownwood Police Department were dispatched to the 1300 blk of Brady Ave regarding a report of gunfire in the area. Upon their arrival, a Hispanic male was discovered in an adjacent alleyway; having sustained a gunshot wound. The male was deceased.
Detectives with the Brownwood Police Department Criminal Investigations Division arrived to assist in the investigation.
This is still an active investigation and every possible lead is being followed up on.”
Original Story: One man is dead after an apparent shooting Sunday afternoon on Brady Avenue in Brownwood.
Brownwood Police were dispatched to a residence at 4:12 PM Sunday to the report of gunshots and “a man on the ground in the alley” behind a house in the 1300 block of Brady Avenue, according to police scanner traffic at the time.
Brownwood Assistant Chief of Police James Fuller confirmed that one man was dead in the reported area and police were investigating. Fuller would not confirm if the man died of gunshots, citing the active investigation. Police were not releasing any further information other than they were investigating an active crime scene.
Watch for more updates on this story as information becomes available.
Pictured are emergency vehicles in the 1300 block of Brady Avenue Sunday afternoon.
