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Tyler man sought in fatal shooting of DPS trooper
Authorities looking for blue Dodge Intrepid


Associated Press

KELLYVILLE — A statewide search is under way for a suspect in the overnight shooting death of a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper in East Texas.

Killed in the 8 p.m. shooting Tuesday was Trooper James Scott Burns, 39, according to the DPS.

Authorities are searching for Brandon Wayne Robertson, 37, of Tyler, according to a DPS statement issued this morning.

DPS spokeswoman Tela Mange said the shooting happened after a chase that ended near the intersection of FM 1969 and FM 729, just west of Kellyville in Marion County, near Lake O' The Pines. Kellyville is about 135 miles east of Dallas.

A passerby saw the wounded trooper and used Burns' radio to report that he had been shot.

The DPS describes Robertson as a white man with green eyes and red hair, 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighing 250 pounds.

Authorities are looking for a 1997 blue Dodge Intrepid with Texas license 039-LCG.

Anyone with information about Robertson or the car should call 911, Mange said.

Burns is the 83rd DPS trooper to die in the line of duty. The most recent death came on March 14, 2007, when the patrol car of Trooper Todd Dylan Holmes was struck broadside by an 18-wheeler as he attempted to cross a highway to pursue a vehicle.
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