‘Great, great guy’: Brazoria County sheriff says Jesus Vargas was ‘everything you’d want’ out of a deputy ANGLETON, Texas – The Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office is remembering their coworker and partner, Deputy Jesus Vargas. Vargas was killed on Wednesday after he was shot by a suspect he was attempting to serve a warrant to in Houston.

Pulaski County authorities on Thursday identified a Jacksonville man arrested Tuesday afternoon after, police said, he traded gunshots with deputies who were called for a welfare check. No one was wounded in the exchange of gunfire.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol is helping the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office investigate an officer-involved shooting that happened Wednesday night in Richland. Deputies shot the suspect -- who authorities have not named -- after responding to a domestic assault call on North Pine Street and finding a victim,