Boone indicted for 2015 oil well property shooting

Posted 3/15/17

The most recent Wood County Grand Jury handed down three indictments of Jerry Wayne Boone in connection with the shooting of oil company workers in 2015.

Wood County Sheriff Tom Castloo said that …

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Boone indicted for 2015 oil well property shooting

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The most recent Wood County Grand Jury handed down three indictments of Jerry Wayne Boone in connection with the shooting of oil company workers in 2015.

Wood County Sheriff Tom Castloo said that Boone was indicted by the last grand jury on two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one count of aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury. Texas Ranger Jon Vance, who is investigating the November 2015 incident, picked up the 64-year-old Wood County man and he was taken to the Hopkins County Jail. Bond was set at $50,000 on each count and Castloo said it was his understanding that Boone bonded out the day after he was picked up. He was picked up on March 3.

The Texas Ranger is continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident in which two oilfield company employees were allegedly shot by Boone and sustained non-lethal injuries. The employees were attempting to check on an oil well on land that was owned by then-Sheriff Jim Brown off County Road 1326 northwest of Quitman.

Castloo said his department has nothing to do with the investigation, other than providing jail space if desired by the Rangers. At one point an allegation was made that Brown had told Boone to use any force necessary to prevent the workers from going on his property. Brown and Boone both said that is not true.

State law allows that an oil company can go on property if they are leasing it, regardless of the surface owner’s wishes.