Harker Heights police have arrested a man in connection with a Friday night shooting of a woman trying to escape her attacker.
Ronnell Lamont Brown was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon family violence and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.
It was about 9:25 p.m. Friday that Heights officers responded to a report of shots being fired in the area of Travis Lane and Beeline Lane.
An off duty officer was in the area and spotted a man chasing and shooting at a woman.
The off duty officer was able to intervene, disarm and detain the man, later identified as 39-year-old Ronnell Lamont Brown.
The woman was transported to Baylor Scott & White Medical Center where she was taken into surgery.
She remained in the hospital on Monday.
The investigation revealed that the victim and Brown had been in a dating relationship and had gotten into an argument in the 900 block of Travis Lane.
When the woman said she was calling 9-1-1, police say Brown threatened her, retrieved a handgun and chased her down the street shooting at her until the off duty officer stopped it all.
Bond has since been set at a total of $150,000 for Brown
