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Drug deal appears to go bad ending in shooting
A possible drug deal gone bad landed one Bridgeport teen in the hospital with a gunshot wound and a Bowie teen in jail.
Bridgeport Police Captain Gerald Upton said the incident began with a 911 call at 12:51 a.m. on Dec. 17. A female caller said she and her boyfriend were trying to buy marijuana from someone at the football stadium near the middle school when she heard what she thought was a gunshot. She stayed in a vehicle and did not know exactly what happened.
Upton said the call was disconnected and when the dispatcher called back the female said it was probably a fake gun, and no one needed medical attention.
Police investigated and found one teen had been shot in the abdomen and was being treated at Wise Health System.
A Bowie teen, Ethan Davis, was arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The injured teen was treated and released from the hospital. Additional charge may come from this ongoing investigation report Bridgeport Police.
Read the full account in the mid-week Bowie News.
City of Bowie officials were on hand to inspect the emergency electrical generators that were delivered last week.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris and City Manager Bert Cunningham inspected one of three emergency electrical generators purchased as part of an ongoing Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant. They also talked with Jay Evans, head of the city electric department, and Jerry Sutton, director of the water treatment plant about the next step for installation of the generators.
This grant provides funding for one 150 kW and two 250 kW generators for use at the water treatment plant.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris talk with the electric and water department staff about the new generators. (Photo by Cindy Roller)
No action was taken on a legal issue after members of the Bowie City Council met in a called closed session at 4 p.m. on July 12.
City Secretary Sandy Page said the council met for almost one hour for “consultation with attorney – Midwest Waste Services LLC vs. City of Bowie.
This lawsuit goes back to August 2019 when Midwest sued the city for its action requiring those who receive city water outside the city limits to use the designated waste collector, which is Waste Connections. This was shortly after the city signed a new long-term contract with WC.
The suit was dismissed in June 2020 on two points in the suit, but City Manager Bert Cunningham said a third point remained in mediation.
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