KERRVILLE, Texas – UPDATE 12/17/23 at 2:50 p.m.: Kerrville police say a murder charge against a 26-year-old woman in the fatal shooting death of a 22-year-old man on Saturday morning has been dropped.
KPD said the charge was dismissed due to new information discovered after more investigation into the death of Damon Anthony Michael Tampke.
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Evidence gathered during the initial investigation indicated the gunshot wound was not self-inflicted, and police took the woman into custody, police said. She was charged with murder and booked into the Kerr County Jail.
The Travis County medical examiner took in the body for an autopsy, and the murder charge was later dismissed due to additional information obtained through further investigation, KPD said.
The woman was then released from the Kerr County Jail.
Detectives are still working to determine the exact circumstances surrounding the shooting death.
(Previously)
A shooting at an apartment in Kerrville on Saturday has resulted in the death of a man and the arrest of a woman.
According to Kerrville police, officers responded to an apartment in the 2100 block of Singing Wind Drive for a 911 call regarding a suicide.
When officers arrived, they found Damon Anthony Michael Tampke, 22, with a gunshot wound to the head. Tampke was transported to Peterson Regional Medical Center, where he died.
Evidence gathered at the scene indicated that the gunshot wound was not self-inflicted, police said.
The woman who called 911 was arrested and charged with murder before being booked into the Kerr County Jail.