PD: Teen Shot Two Burleson Detectives After Robbing Bank
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BURLESON (CBSDFW.COM) - The man who Burleson police say shot two of their own after robbing a bank on Friday has been identified.
Andre Jackson, Jr., 19, from Grand Prairie is in custody and charged with three felonies (two charges of aggravated assault and aggravated robbery).
Jackson is being held in Johnson County Law Enforcement Center on $1.5 million bond ($500,000 on each charge). Investigators are still trying to determine if anyone else was involved with the robberies or if Jackson is connected to any additional robberied.
Det. David Feucht, a 23-year veteran of the Burleson Police Department, and Det. Nick Grace, a 10-year veteran of the department, were shot by Jackson, according to police as they tried to stop him after he robbed the Wells Fargo Bank, located at 400 East Renfro Street. Both detectives were expected to be okay and were treated at Fort Worth's John Peter Smith Hospital.
The detectives approached Jackson, after hearing a call to assist a bank robbery. He fired a gun at the plain clothes detectives, according to police, when they identified themselves at law enforcement.
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