A man is headed for jail in Comfort after a shootout with a sheriff’s deputy this morning.
Comfort police were called to the Executive Inn motel along Highway 87 about 12:45 am Sunday, but when an officer arrived, someone shot at him, according to that officer’s report.
He then opened fire on the shooter, hitting the gunman at least once.
Emergency Medical Services were called and paramedics treated the injured man, then took him to a hospital.
Comfort police say the officer was not injured.