{"id":91813,"date":"2025-12-17T20:33:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T20:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/91813\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T20:33:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T20:33:07","slug":"man-who-shot-deputy-inside-fort-worth-credit-union-gets-95-years-fresh-today-cutoday-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/91813\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Who Shot Deputy Inside Fort Worth Credit Union Gets 95 Years \/ Fresh Today \/ CUToday.info"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT WORTH, Texas\u2014A Tarrant County jury has sentenced Leland Earl Williams, 37, to 95 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to aggravated assault against a public servant for shooting a sheriff\u2019s deputy inside a Fort Worth credit union, the Tarrant County District Attorney\u2019s Office announced.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                                                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/courts_large_large.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" style=\"border: 0px solid ;\" alt=\"courts_large\" title=\"courts_large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>According to prosecutors, the shooting occurred on Nov. 27, 2023, when Tarrant County Sheriff\u2019s Deputy Brent Brown was working off-duty as a security guard at the Fort Worth Community Credit Union on Brentwood Stair Road. Williams stood up from a seat in the lobby, approached Deputy Brown, and fired multiple shots at close range, striking the deputy.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being shot, Brown returned fire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeputy Brown almost died that day,\u201d Assistant District Attorney Dale Smith told jurors, adding that the deputy\u2019s actions likely saved lives inside the credit union.<\/p>\n<p>Williams fled the scene but was later arrested following a brief standoff at a relative\u2019s home. Brown was rushed into emergency surgery and underwent months of rehabilitation. He has since recovered and returned to duty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was an unprovoked, highly intentional act against Deputy Brown,\u201d Assistant District Attorney Victoria Lydahl told the jury, urging them to consider how the community should respond when an officer is attacked.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, District Attorney Phil Sorrells praised law enforcement and prosecutors for their work on the case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis sentence sends a clear message: attacks on our peace officers will not be tolerated,\u201d Sorrells said. \u201cWe stand shoulder to shoulder with law enforcement to keep Tarrant County safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n                Section: Standard<br \/>Word Count: 320<br \/>Copyright Holder: CUToday.info<br \/>Copyright Year: 2025<br \/>Is Based On: <br \/>URL: https:\/\/www.cutoday.info\/Fresh-Today\/Man-Who-Shot-Deputy-Inside-Fort-Worth-Credit-Union-Gets-95-Years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT WORTH, Texas\u2014A Tarrant County jury has sentenced Leland Earl Williams, 37, to 95 years in prison after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[43140,43143,43144,43142,116,118,117,43141],"class_list":{"0":"post-91813","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-cms","9":"tag-content-management","10":"tag-development-framework","11":"tag-e-commerce","12":"tag-fort-worth","13":"tag-fort-worth-headlines","14":"tag-fort-worth-news","15":"tag-publish"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}