2021-10-14

Update for Thursday October 14, 2021

‘INCENDIARY’ DEVICE FOUND AT GAS STATION — Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to the Valero gas station in Decatur early Wednesday morning when a suspicious device was found next to a gas pump around 3:30 a.m. The gas station was evacuated, and the Denton Bomb Squad responded to take care of the homemade incendiary device. Police identified the suspect and obtained a search warrant for the motel room where he was staying. A SWAT team entered the man’s motel room around 7:30 a.m. and took 36-year-old Christopher Michael Walker into custody.