Texas Democratic Senator's Office Riddled With Bullets
Texas State Senator John Whitmire's office was riddled with bullets overnight, reports the Houston Chronicle.
Reached by phone, Whitmire said his staff noticed the office had been damaged when they arrived at work Thursday morning and first thought the overnight weather had been to blame.
"There are bullet slugs everywhere. One lodged in a framed picture," Whitmire said. "It's pretty amazing."
"They told me the weather had harmed the office, but when you look at the damage, and start tracing it, there are bullet holes here in the office, and at least four slugs... a couple of them ricocheted around."
Whitmire, a Democrat, made news earlier this month when he intervened in a case involving Shannon Miles, a mentally ill man accused of shooting Harris County deputy Darren Goforth. After the man was found to be mentally incompetent, Whitmire moved to have him moved immediately to a mental health facility. The sheriff's department said there was a 90-day wait, something Whitmire found unacceptable.