Case File: Firearms Evidence

Dickinson Texas:  Sheriff investigators will examine a gun found in a field to see whether it belonged to a man who was shot and accused of fleeing arrest, authorities said.

Maceo Downey was set to be released Monday from Ben Taub General Hospital in Houston. He had not been charged with any crime as of Monday afternoon, Sheriff s Capt. Barry Cook said.
Downey was accused of running from Sgt. Mike Barry on Saturday night in the 3200 block of Lobit Drive in Dickinson.
Downey also was accused of reaching for his waist as he ran, Cook said. Barry feared for his life and fired a shot, Cook said.
Downey was found by a resident nearby, suffering from a bullet wound to his left ankle, Cook said.
Two other Dickinson men were arrested on felony drug charges, Cook said.
On Sunday, sheriff s investigators returned to the scene and found a small-caliber handgun wrapped in a sock, Cook said. The gun wasn't in the field long, he said.
The sock was fresh, bright white, and was 25 to 30 feet from the clothes we found, Cook said of additional evidence discovered in the case.
We re going to check for DNA and fingerprints and see what comes back, Cook said.
In this case the sheriff in Texas found a gun in a field that connected to a shooting of a cop.  A man named Downey was accused of shooting a man and they found dna and clothes he used in the shooting, with fresh blood.  He was announced guilty.