Trooper Moises Sanchez
April 9, 2019
Texas DPS Trooper Shot In Head Is Fighting For Life
By Sandy Malone
Defense Maven
Edinburgh, TX – A Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) state trooper was shot while responding to a car crash on Saturday night.
Officials said that 48-year-old Trooper Moises Sanchez responded to a traffic collision at North 10th Street and Freddy Gonzalez Drive in McAllen just before 9 p.m. on April 6, The Monitor reported.
The driver of one of the vehicles, 24-year-old Victor Alejandro Godinez, fled the scene on foot after the crash.
The trooper caught up with him in the 1500-block of South Maltese and that’s when Godinez opened fire, striking Trooper Sanchez in the head.
He also shot at two Edinburgh police officers before he was apprehended shortly after 12:30 a.m. on Sunday.
Trooper Sanchez was transported to Doctors Hospital where he underwent emergency surgery.
Edinburg Police Chief Cesar Torres said the trooper remained in critical-but-stable condition on Monday morning, The Monitor reported.
Neither of the other two officers at whom Godinez shot at were injured.
Godinez was also wounded at some point during the melee but Chief Torres said at the press conference that it was unclear whether he was shot by the trooper or the Edinburgh officers, The Monitor reported.
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