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Employee of company at Cleveland Airport shot, killed after altercation with former worker

Disturbance between 2 men leads to deadly shooting at Cleveland Municipal Airport (KPRC 2)

CLEVELAND, Texas – An argument between a former and current employee of a company at Cleveland Airport led to a deadly shooting, according to the Cleveland Police Department.

Officers responded just before 9 a.m. to a shooting at a hangar at the Cleveland Municipal Airport on FM 787.

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The former employee, who has been identified as a 20-year-old Eagle Lake resident, returned to Cleveland for an unknown reason Thursday morning, police said.

He and the current employee, who was reportedly in his 30s, got into an altercation. That is when the former employee reportedly went to his vehicle, grabbed a shotgun and shot the victim several times.

Witnesses said they saw the gunman flee the scene in a silver Nissan following the shooting. He was eventually captured and taken into custody by the Colorado County Sheriff’s Office and Eagle Lake Police.

The men’s identities were not immediately released.


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