BELL COUNTY, Texas — A man suspected of being involved in a Troy homicide was located and taken into custody after a large suspect search in Bell County on Thursday.
The incident started around 10:45 a.m. when officers were called to the Belton area after a vehicle involved in a deadly shooting in Troy around 1:20 a.m. was located.
Officers attempted to make contact with the suspect in the area of Farm to Market 93, east of IH35, and the suspect fled into a wooded area nearby after firing gunshots toward officers.
The Bell County Sheriff’s Office, Belton Police Department and other law enforcement agencies asked the public to avoid the area due to the suspect search.
Multiple law enforcement agencies were at the scene for several hours and the public was asked to avoid the area or stay inside. Part of East 6th Avenue was also blocked off. The Belton ISD campuses (Delta, Hubbard Branch, New Tech, DAEP, and BECS) were placed on a hold as a precaution, as well as Belton Christian Youth Center.
Later in the day, Troy Police Department confirmed the suspect had been taken into custody.
Troy police also provided more information about the initial shooting that led to the suspect search, saying it happened along the 700 block of Tower Street.
Officers were first called to check out a report of a woman who was not breathing, and when they arrived, police found the unresponsive woman who was pronounced dead at the scene.
The woman has not been named but police say she was in her late 30s.
No additional details were immediately available.
The investigation is ongoing.
