JAMES SCOTT BURNS

Officer Rank: Trooper II
Memorial Panel: 53-E: 26
Department: Texas Dept. of Public Safety
End of Watch: April 29, 2008
Cause: SHOT
Age: 39
Years of Service: 5
Description: Trooper Burns was shot and killed following a high speed pursuit. When the pursuit ended the suspect exited his vehicle and opened fire with a shotgun. Trooper Burns was fatally shot in the head. The suspect was found dead the next day from a self-inflected gunshot wound.
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