Colorado investigators believe the man who led police on a high-speed chase and shootout Thursday, wounding a deputy in Montague County, is a known white supremacist and suspect in the shooting deaths of a Colorado prisons chief and a Denver pizza delivery driver.
The Denver Post reported that federal and state authorities, speaking on condition of anonymity, identified the man as 28-year-old Evan Spencer Ebel.
Texas law enforcement authorities, however, on Thursday were awaiting confirmation on the man’s identity.
Meanwhile, Deputy James Boyd was in serious condition Thursday night at Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort Worth, a hospital spokeswoman said.
Read more in this report by Bill Hanna, Alex Branch and Bill Miller.
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