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Jun 20, 2008 3:45 pm US/Central

Off-Duty Officer Kills Man In Church Parking Lot

Reporting
Jay Gormley
GARLAND (CBS 11 News) ― One man is dead after police say he threatened an off-duty North Texas police officer.

From the scene, in the 700 block of Interstate-30, a Rockwall police lieutenant said the off-duty officer, Brandon Hernandez with the Garland Police Department, drove into the parking lot of the Lake Point Church and encountered a man in a Mustang.

The lieutenant said the man in the Mustang, identified as Troy Pool, pointed a handgun at Hernandez. At that point, the off-duty officer opened fire and shot Pool multiple times. Pool, who appeared to have a gunshot wound near the pelvic area, was taken to a hospital by ambulance and later declared dead.

Sources say the officer was a member of the church, but the man in the Mustang had no affiliation with the church. They are not sure why he drove into the parking lot.

Rockwall police say the case remains under investigation.

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