BASTROP COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) – Two Republicans are vying to become the Bastrop County Sheriff – incumbent Sheriff Maurice Cook and Jeff Gogolewski. Early voting runs from Feb. 20 through March 1.

According to Sheriff Maurice Cook, the deadly shooting happened at 1 p.m. on Friday, September 13 in the west part of the ...

The Special Response Team was called to the scene, and the suspect was shot and died after they "engaged the responding deputies," Bastrop County Sheriff Maurice Cook said on social media.