Iraq Veteran Released from Hospital Sent to Jail

Man shot by local officer jailed after release from hospital
KWTX News
January 20, 2017

Meyers spent a little more than six years in the U.S. Army, rising to the rank of sergeant, according to records obtained by KWTX.

He joined the Army in April 2001 and served at Fort Hood from October 2003 to June 2007, when he left the service.

He deployed to Iraq from September 2003 to September 2004, and received a Purple Heart medal, the records show.

Thomas Eugene Meyers. (Jail photo)

KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) A man whom a Killeen police officer shot after responding to a disturbance call was in the Bell County Jail Friday facing a list of charges after his release from the hospital.

Thomas Eugene Meyers, 35, of Killeen, is charged with possession of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and assault with bodily injury on a family member.v read more here