{"id":61088,"date":"2016-12-21T18:59:04","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T22:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=61088"},"modified":"2016-12-21T18:59:04","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T22:59:04","slug":"certainly-not-the-kind-of-guy-who-would-take-his-own-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=61088","title":{"rendered":"Certainly not the kind of guy who would take his own life!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lead sheriff in Chris Kyle murder investigation found dead inside Erath County home<\/h1>\n


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Liz Farmer
\nDallas News<\/p>\n

Erath County Sheriff Tommy Bryant was reportedly found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound inside his home overnight, according to local officials.<\/p>\n

The death occurred about 12:05 a.m. Tuesday at Bryant’s house in Stephenville, according to a Texas Rangers statement sent by Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman Lonny Haschel.<\/p>\n

The Texas Rangers are investigating his death at the request of the Stephenville Police Department.\u00a0Haschel said the statement did not include Bryant’s cause of death.<\/p>\n

Bryant’s death is less than one week after reports surfaced that the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement was investigating him for allegedly cheating on his continuing education training, yourstephenvilletx.com reports<\/a>. He served as sheriff for nearly 20 years in Erath County, which is about 80 miles southwest of Fort Worth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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