Former sheriff shoots wife, then self

  • Multiple law enforcement agents, including a SWAT team sent by Texas DPS, assisted the Lampasas Police Department in securing the area near the Cameron Drive residence where retired Lampasas County sheriff Gordon Morris was reported to have shot his wife Thursday morning. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD
    Multiple law enforcement agents, including a SWAT team sent by Texas DPS, assisted the Lampasas Police Department in securing the area near the Cameron Drive residence where retired Lampasas County sheriff Gordon Morris was reported to have shot his wife Thursday morning. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD
  • A SWAT team sent by Texas DPS emerged from a Cameron Drive residence Thursday afternoon to confirm that retired Lampasas County sheriff Gordon Morris was deceased from what authorities have stated appears to be a self-inflicted gun shot. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD
    A SWAT team sent by Texas DPS emerged from a Cameron Drive residence Thursday afternoon to confirm that retired Lampasas County sheriff Gordon Morris was deceased from what authorities have stated appears to be a self-inflicted gun shot. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD
Lampasas-area law enforcement confirmed that a shooting on Cameron Drive Thursday morning ended with the death of the shooter. Officials on the scene confirmed the shooter as former Lampasas sheriff Gordon Earl Morris. Lampasas Police Department Patrol Lt. Chuck Montgomery said at 10:41 a.m. Thursday, officials responded to a thirdparty call reporting a woman at 2 Cameron Dr. had been shot by…

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