Central Texas deputy indicted in woman’s shooting

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BASTROP, Texas (AP) — A Central Texas sheriff’s deputy has been indicted on a murder charge in a woman’s shooting death in February.

A Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office statement says a county grand jury indicted Deputy Daniel Willis on Tuesday in the death of Yvette Smith. He’s been booked into the county jail in Bastrop with bond set at $100,000. Sheriff Terry Pickering also said Willis, a first-year deputy, has been fired from the force.

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