A 37-year-old man, Leland Earl Williams, has been handed down a 95-year prison term after pleading guilty to an aggravated assault against a Tarrant County sheriff’s deputy. The sentence was announced in a recent post by the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office, according to their social media, following a jury verdict in Fort Worth.
The incident dates back to November 27, 2023, when Williams, sitting in the lobby of the Fort Worth Community Credit Union, swiftly got up and approached Deputy Brent Brown, who was working off-duty as a security guard, and opened fire. Despite being shot at point-blank range, Deputy Brown managed to return fire, a move that Assistant District Attorney Dale Smith credited with saving “the lives of countless people,” as reported by the Tarrant County DA’s social media post. Williams fled but was later arrested after a standoff at a relative’s home…