The City of Brownwood issued the following press release Wednesday morning:
On Monday, December 7, 2020, at approximately 5 p.m., 911 dispatchers received a call of a shooting in the 1400 block of Beaver St.
When officers arrived on scene, they located 31-year-old Philip Andreas Walker of Brownwood sitting on a front porch with a gunshot wound to his left arm. Walker initially reported that he was shot while exiting his vehicle at a nearby convenience store.
The Brownwood Fire Department and Lifeguard EMS assessed Walker’s injury and he was transported to the Hendrick Medical Center-Brownwood for further treatment.
The Criminal Investigations Division of the Brownwood Police Department initiated an investigation and gathered further evidence. It was believed that Walker was involved in a drug transaction at an apartment in the 1500 block of Sunset Terrace. During this transaction, Walker was confronted and shot by 28-year-old Demory Ardell Wilson of Brownwood.
A search warrant was obtained and executed at that apartment and more evidence was located along with Wilson. Wilson was initially arrested for four warrants our of Brownwood Municipal Court for traffic violations as well as a warrant out of Brown County for Theft and, lastly, a warrant out of 35th District Court for a drug offense.
Wilson was transported to the Brown County Jail where he was interviewed and then charged with Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon.