Lierme Blanco Reyes

CUSTODIAL DEATH REPORT Agency Information CDR Number: 25-361-UF Version Type: AMENDED Report Date: 5/12/2025 2:58 PM Status: Submitted Agency/Facility Information Castro County Agency Name: Agency Address: 900 E. Bedford Sheriff's Dept. Agency City: Dimmitt Agency State: TX Agency Zip: 79027 Director Information Director Salutation: Sheriff Director First Name: Salvador Director Middle Name: S. Director Last Name: Rivera Reporter Name: Salvador Rivera Reporter Email: [email protected] Decedent Information Identity of Deceased Custodial Death Report :: Page 1 of 7 --- PAGE BREAK --- First Name: Lierme Middle Name: Blanco Last Name: Reyes Suffix: Date of Birth: 10/7/1990 Sex: Male Race: Hispanic or Latino Age At Time Of Death: 34 Date/Time of Custody (arrest, incarceration) (mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm AM/PM): Date/Time of Custody or 5/8/2025 11:10 AM Incident: Date/Time of Death (mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm AM/PM): Death Date and Time: 5/8/2025 1:11 PM Manner / Cause of Death Has a medical examiner or coroner conducted an evaluation to determine a cause of death? Medical Examiner/Coroner Yes, results are Evaluation?: available What was the manner of death? (select only one) Homicide (includes Manner of Death: Justifiable Homicide) Custodial Death Report :: Page 2 of 7 --- PAGE BREAK --- Medical Cause of Death: Medical Cause of Death: Gunshot wound Had the decedent been receiving treatment for the medical condition that caused the death after admission to your jail's jurisdiction? Medical Treatment: Not Applicable If death was an accident, homicide or suicide, who caused the death? Law Who caused the death?: enforcement/correctional personnel If a weapon caused the death, what type of weapon caused the death? (Hold CTRL to select all that apply) Type of weapon that caused Handgun death?: Was the cause of death the result of a pre-existing medical condition or did the decedent develop the condition after admission? Not Applicable; cause of death was Pre existing medical accidental injury, condition?: intoxication, suicide or homicide If death was an accident, homicide or suicide, what was the means of death? Means of Death: Firearm Location / Custody Information Custodial Death Report :: Page 3 of 7 --- PAGE BREAK --- Where did the event causing the death occur? Street Address: 322 FM 1055 City: Hereford County: Castro Zip: 79045 What location category best describes where the event causing the death occurred? Location Category: Residence/Home What type of custody/facility was the Decedent in at the time of death: Pre-Custodial Use Type of Custody: of Force Specific type of custody/facility: Specific Type of Custody/Facility: Custody of Law Enforcement Personnel subsequent to arrest What was the time and date of the deceased's entry into the law enforcement facility where the death occurred (mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm AM/PM): Entry Date Time: Entry Date Time N/A: Where did the death occur? Death Location: Medical facility General Information Did any other law enforcement agencies respond to calls for service related to this incident? Custodial Death Report :: Page 4 of 7 --- PAGE BREAK --- Other Agencies Respond?: Yes What were the most serious offense(s) with which the deceased was (or would have been) charged with at the time of death? Offense 1: Attempted Capital Murder of a Public Servant Offense 2: Possession of a Controlled Substance PG 1 Offense 3: Burglary of a Building Not filed at time of Were the Charges:: death What were the types of charges or reason for contact? (Hold CTRL to select all that apply) Crime Against Type of Offense: Property At any time during the incident and/or entry into the law enforcement facility, did the decedent display or use a weapon? Decedent display/use of Yes, mark all that weapons: apply Decedent Display or Use Discharged firearm Weapon Details: At any time during the incident and/or entry into the law enforcement facility, did the decedent: Yes (select all that Attempt to Injure Others?: apply) Injured law Ways Decedent Attempted To enforcement Injure Others: personnel Custodial Death Report :: Page 5 of 7 --- PAGE BREAK --- At any time during the incident and/or entry into the law enforcement facility, did the decedent: Appear intoxicated (alcohol or Unknown Make suicidal statements?: Unknown drugs): Exhibit any mental health Unknown Exhibit any medical problems?: Unknown problems?: At any time during the incident and/or entry into the law enforcement facility, did the decedent: Barricade self or initiate Resist being handcuffed or No Yes standoff?: arrested?: Physically attempt/assault Gain possession of officer's Yes No officer(s): weapon: Verbally threaten other(s) Escape or attempt to Unknown Yes including law: escape/flee custody: Attempt gain possession No officer's weapon: Was the deceased under restraint in the time leading up to the death or the events causing the death? Under Restraint: No Summary of Incident Summary of How the Death Occurred: (max. 30,000 characters) Summary: On May 8, 2025 at 10:52 a.m. the Castro County Sheriff's Office dispatch received a call from a property owner located at 335 FM 1055 which is in northwestern Castro County, Texas about finding an expensive off-road bike by his barn. He also told dispatch that he thought someone was in his barn. On the same date at 11:00 a.m. the property owner's wife called 911 stating that her husband had an intruder at gunpoint. A third call was received by dispatch from a different caller that the male had been on their property and the husband had gone after the individual. Calls were received by dispatch that the male was at the Frio Baptist Church property. Deputy arrived on scene at 11:10 a.m. at the Frio Baptist Church property and was checking the property when he observed the individual. The Deputy got out of his patrol unit and approached the male. He had detained the male and had placed him against the wall of the parsonage, when the male tried to lower his right hand. The Deputy kept trying to keep the individual from moving his hands. The male then started to move away from the Deputy and retrieved a handgun from his person and shot the Deputy in the right midsection of his body. The Deputy moved back and drew his duty handgun and started to defend himself. The Deputy did strike the male three times. The Deputy was able to take the male into custody and handcuffed him with his hands behind his back. The Deputy was able to kick away the two handguns that the male had and used one or both. Sheriff arrived on scene and asked Deputy if he was okay, the Deputy said Custodial Death Report :: Page 6 of 7 --- PAGE BREAK --- no. The Sheriff asked the Deputy if he had been shot and he said yes. The Sheriff then told the Deputy to check himself and the Deputy checked and the bullet resistant vest had stopped the bullet, but the Deputy was still injured by the impact of the bullet. The male requested that he be sat up so that he could breath and the Sheriff sat him up against a tree. Other units arrived which were the Deaf Smith County Sheriff's Office and the Texas Highway Patrol. First aid was provided to the male. Castro County EMS and Hereford EMS also arrived to provide medical to the Deputy and the male. The male was transported to Hereford Regional Medical Center-Emergency Department (hospital) in Hereford, Deaf Smith County, Texas and the Deputy was transported to Plains Memorial Hospital in Dimmitt, Castro County, Texas. The male succumbed to his injuries at 1:11 p.m. in Hereford at the Hereford Regional Medical Center-Emergency Department. Custodial Death Report :: Page 7 of 7