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Capital Murder Warrant Issued For Former Texas Lawman
A capital murder warrant has been issued for a former Texas lawman who’s wanted in the shooting death of a Department of Public Safety trooper.
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(May 1, 2008)--A capital murder warrant has been issued for a former East Texas police officer who’s wanted in the shooting death of a Department of Public Safety trooper.
The Texas Department of Public Safety says a statewide search continues for 37-year-old Brandon Wayne Robertson of Tyler, who’s wanted in the shooting death of 39-year-old Trooper James Scott Burns.
Burns was gunned down Tuesday night during a traffic stop near Lake O' The Pines in East Texas.
State licensing officials say Robertson was an East Texas police officer for seven years at departments in Rusk County, Overton and Kilgore before leaving law enforcement in 1999.
State troopers arrested him as recently as April 6 when he was charged in Cherokee County with drug possession.
The DPS announced Wednesday evening that businesses and district attorney’s offices have put up a $30,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and indictment of the trooper’s killer.
The DPS is asking anyone with information about the murder or Robertson’s whereabouts to call either 1-888-244-0827 or 1-888-244-0829.
Oak Farms Dairies, Hunt Petroleum, the Bowie County District Attorney’s Office, the Cass County District Attorney’s Office and the Marion County District Attorney’s Office contributed the $30,000 reward, which remains in effect for the next six months.
Robertson is believed to have fled in a blue Dodge Intrepid with Texas license plate 039-LCG.
Burns was shot to death by a driver he had stopped after a pursuit that ended Tuesday night near the intersection of FM 729 and FM 1969 in Marion County.
Michael Gray, who lives just south of the intersection where Burns was killed, told the Longview News-Journal that he saw a man jump out of his car and shoot the trooper four or five times.
Just before 8 p.m. Tuesday, a passerby used the trooper’s radio to notify dispatchers in Marion County that Burns had been shot.
Burns is the 83rd DPS officer to die in the line of duty.
Burns joined the DPS on March 1, 2003.
He had been stationed in Jefferson since September 2006.
He was born in Longview and attended Tyler Junior College, Texarkana College and Ouachita Baptist University.
He’s survived by his wife and a 5-month-old child.
Visitation is Friday night at First Baptist Church in Linden.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the church. Burial will be at Shiloh Cemetery near Linden.
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well just to let every one no i new him personaly he was my husbend and i loved him more then any one could ever understand cause new the good side of him when he was not on drugs and running scared
i think "ME AGAIN" is a real nut case . Mrs Reed better watch your back. lol
Burns lived only a short distance down the road from me and had pulled over me and my dad one dy going to school for us speeding, but was so generous. he was a highly respected man in our community and our hearts are hurt that someone would do such a terrible thing. if he is caught alive, i feel sorry for him. the law enforcement in our area is outraged and if it is up to any of them, he wont see huntsville, or even the back of a police car, simple a way of putting him to an end. you will not make it out alive mr. robertson. you have hurt a loving family and many of his friends. you will pay. you will suffer. its that simple. burns never hurt anyone and never would,
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