Casey Jacob Webb

Deadly force

Precinct 3 Deputy Todd Lehn responded to a 911 dispatch about Webb, who was reportedly beating a woman and trying to put her into his truck. Deputy Lehn responded. Webb ran. Deputy Lehn pursued. Webb broke a kitchen knife over Deputy Lehn's head. Deputy Lehn, wounded, drew a pistol, backed away and told Webb to surrender. Webb approached him with the stump of the knife. Deputy Lehn shot Webb fatally in the chest. Webb's mother, Marsetta Helms, one of two women Webb attacked that day, said her son had recently begun to struggle with emotional issues for which he was seeking counseling.Deputy Lehn had served for 10 years.Texas Ranger Kevin Pullen investigated the shooting.