Police received a report of a Ford pickup that had crash around 2:30 a.m. at a CVS. A Wylie officer was in the process of making an unrelated traffic stop at the CVS when a call came in about a report of a vehicle crash into a building. The officer responded to the crash and saw the body of a woman who had been seriously injured lying on the ground near the crash. A man, later identified as Shawn Myers, was also lying on the ground with a rifle. The officer ordered the man to disarm, and then shot and killed him.
Agency: Wylie Police Department
Motive: car crash
Confrontation Type: None/Unknown
Service Call: Yes
Body Camera: no
Official Disposition: Pending investigation
Victim Name: Shawn Myers
Death Date: March 17, 2021
County: Collin
Geography: Suburban
Gender: Male
Age: 36
Race: Unknown race
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Criminal Charges: No known charges
Mental Illness: No
Armed: Allegedly Armed
Weapon: gun
Threat Level: other
Fleeing: not fleeing
Washington Post Database ID: 6710