{"id":25739,"date":"2016-08-01T16:11:53","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T23:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=25739"},"modified":"2016-08-01T16:11:53","modified_gmt":"2016-08-01T23:11:53","slug":"drunk-deputy-shoots-at-church-angry-about-dallas-shootings-fired-but-not-charged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=25739","title":{"rendered":"Drunk Deputy Shoots at Church, Angry About Dallas Shootings \u2014 Fired but Not Charged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/up.anv.bz\/latest\/anvload.html?key=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\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A Sommervell County Sheriff\u2019s Deputy was fired after he admitted to getting drunk and firing his duty gun into the air and into a church because he was angry over the ambush on police in Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>The deputy doesn\u2019t face any charges because the pastor of the church that was damaged didn\u2019t want to go through with charges.<\/p>\n<p>owever, the Ellis County District Attorney, where it all played out, is furious and feels the 27-year-old deputy was shown favoritism in how he was treated after his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>William Cox was a Sommervell County Sheriff&#8217;s Deputy on July 13 when he was crying and appeared drunk in the parking lot of an Ellis County church early that morning.<\/p>\n<p>Ovilla officers responded to a 911 call for shots fired. In the officer\u2019s body cam video, Cox can be heard telling the officer he fired the shots \u201ccause my boys are getting killed in Dallas\u201d and said \u201cthe black c&#8211;n started killing my boys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Ovilla officer detained Cox and put him in handcuffs until a sheriff\u2019s deputy arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Cox confessed to officers he was upset over the police ambush, got very drunk and had to let off stress. His stress relief was to fire guns in a residential neighborhood in the parking lot of the Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church.<\/p>\n<p>There was damage in the sanctuary of the church, where some of Cox&#8217;s relatives are long time members.<\/p>\n<p>Cox was charged with deadly conduct and taken to the Ellis County Jail. But on the same day he was arrested, the pastor signed an affidavit of non-prosecution. The pastor said he didn\u2019t want charges filed because it\u2019s all about forgiveness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Sommervell County Sheriff\u2019s Deputy was fired after he admitted to getting drunk and firing his duty gun into the air and into a church because he was angry over the ambush on police in Dallas.<br \/>\nThe deputy doesn\u2019t face any charges because the pastor of the church that was damaged didn\u2019t want to go through with charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,456],"tags":[2919],"class_list":["post-25739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-main-slider","category-video-stories","tag-sommervell-county-sheriff-department"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Drunk Deputy Fired for Shooting at Church, Angry for Dallas Shootings<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A sheriff&#039;s deputy fired for shooting at church. 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