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deputy-involved shooting

news story

02.13.10

KSHN ALREADY REPORTED THAT A CHAMBERS COUNTY OFF-DUTY DEPUTY WAS INVOLVED IN A FATAL SHOOTING IN WINNIE ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5. NOW, CHAMBERS COUNTY SHERIFF JOE LARIVE HAS RELEASED THE NAMES OF ALL THOSE INVOLVED. SHERIFF LARIVE SAID AROUND 2:15 FEBRUARY 5^TH, A VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 124 NEAR LEBLANC ROAD IN WINNIE. FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, THE CHAMBERS COUNTY SHERIFF SAID THE 29-YEAR-OLD PASSENGER – NOW IDENTIFIED AS GERARDO CASTILLO - ATTACKED THE VEHICLE’S DRIVER – 44-YEAR-OLD GILBERT ANDERSON OF BEAUMONT. AT THAT POINT, ANDERSON IS SAID TO HAVE STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND FLED, BUT THE 29-YEAR-OLD PASSENGER PULLED A KNIFE AND BEGAN STABBING HIM. GERARDO CASTILLO REPORTEDLY chased HIS VICTIM a short distance, before they fell to the ground WHERE THE STABBING CONTINUED. A CHAMBERS COUNTY DEPUTY WAS NEARBY, WORKING An off-duty job at THE Texas Coastal Community Federal Credit Union. THE DEPUTY HAS NOW BEEN IDENTIFIED AS SERGEANT INVESTIGATOR CHARLES ALEXANDER. A witness notified SGT. ALEXANDER of the attack, and HE rACED to the scene on foot. SHERIFF LARIVE SAID THE STABBING ATTACK WAS STILL GOING ON WHEN THE LAWMAN ARRIVED, SO THE CHAMBERS COUNTY DEPUTY identified himself as a pEACE officer and ordered the 29-YEAR-OLD MAN to drop HIS knife. ACCORDING TO A NEWS RELEASE, THE ASSAILANT Refused to drop the WEAPON and INSTEAD lunged at SGT. ALEXANDER. CHAMBERS COUNTY SHERIFF LARIVE SAID HIS DEPUTY - fearing for his life and the life of the victim - fired one shot, killing THE SUSPECT - GERARDO CASTILLO. THE STABBING VICTIM – GILBERT ANDERSON - WAS TRANSPORTED to a Beaumont Hospital where he was treated for multiple stab wounds. SHERIFF LARIVE SAID MR. ANDERSON IS RECOVERING FROM HIS INJURIES. AS FOR SERGEANT INVESTIGATOR CHARLES ALEXANDER, HE IS A SEVEN YEAR VETERAN OF THE CHAMBERS COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT. SHERIFF LARIVE SAID HE HAS AN EXEMPLARY RECORD WITH HIS DEPARTMENT. CHARLES ALEXANDER ALSO WORKED WITH TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE PRIOR TO JOINING THE CHAMBERS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. ThIS CHAMBERS COUNTY DEPUTY-INVOLVED SHOOTING is being investigated by the Texas Rangers. IN THE MEANTIME, SHERIFF LARIVE SAID SERGEANT INVESTIGATOR CHARLES ALEXANDER IS ASSIGNED TO OFFICE DUTY. AGAIN, THE STABBING VICTIM HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS GILBERT ANDERSON, 44, OF BEAUMONT. HE IS RECOVERING FROM HIS WOUNDS. THE DECEASED ATTACKER IS SAID TO BE MEXICAN NATIONAL GERARDO CASTILLO.