A felon who was allegedly caught with a pistol in May after threatening to kill himself and smashing a car with a sledgehammer was indicted last week by a Bowie County grand jury.
While Texarkana, Texas, police officer James Hargrave was on his way to the intersection, dispatchers advised that the man was now out of the car and beating it with a sledgehammer. As Hargrave neared the site, a pedestrian flagged him down and said the car was on Waco Street where it intersects with Hunt Street. Hargrave found the car but nobody was inside.
"At this time I heard a scream coming from a house on the northwest corner of Austin Street and Hunt Street," the affidavit states.
As Hargrave approached the house, he saw a man, later identified as Bryan, who allegedly fled when ordered to show his hands. A woman "with bright red hair," was standing in the front yard and a short time later, Hargrave saw Bryan again. This time Bryan complied when told to show his hands and drop to his knees.
A second man wearing a holstered handgun walked out of the house next and Hargrave ordered him to put his hands on his head and drop to his knees. A second woman walked out and was ordered to her knees as well.
Other officers arriving at the confusing scene helped Hargrave cuff all of the people in the yard. Another call to emergency dispatchers reported that Bryan had allegedly dropped the gun he'd had before in a grassy area between the porch and garage. Officers recovered a Bersa 380 handgun.
The red headed woman allegedly told police she and Walls had been dating for three months and that he had pointed the Bersa at her before noticing Hargrave approaching and tossing the weapon. On the ground near the vehicle parked in the nearby ditch were allegedly a sledgehammer and a magazine for a handgun.
A Bowie County grand jury handed down an indictment last week which charges Walls with being a felon in possession of a gun and with aggravated assault, threatening with a deadly weapon. Both cases have been assigned to 5th District Judge Bill Miller.