At approximately 8:52 p.m. on Thursday, July 10, the Edna Police Department (EPD) was dispatched to the 500 Block of Harlem Street in reference to a male subject with a machete. Upon EPD and the Jackson òòò½ÊÓƵ Sheriff Officeòòò½ÊÓƵ™s responses to the scene, the male subject and his mother were barricaded in his residence.
The male subject, identified as David Hawkins, 59, was making threats to his motheròòò½ÊÓƵ™s life if she were to leave the residence. The Victoria Police Department (VPD) SWAT team was called to the scene to assist.
EPD and the Jackson òòò½ÊÓƵ Sheriff Office were able to remove Hawkinsòòò½ÊÓƵ™ elderly mother from the residence through a rear window without harm. She was then transported to the Jackson òòò½ÊÓƵ Hospital by Jackson òòò½ÊÓƵ EMS.
Hawkins was subsequently apprehended after officers utilized a less lethal taser. He had very minor injuries.
Hawkins has been charged with four felonies: aggravated assault against a public servant, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, terroristic threat to impair public services/ place the public in fear of serious bodily injury/ influence the government, and resisting arrest with a deadly weapon.
The investigation is ongoing.
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