Travis County judge Julie Kocurek shot outside home, officials confirm

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Source: Austin American-Statesman

State District Judge Julie Kocurek, the presiding felony judge for Travis County, was shot in the driveway of her West Austin home late Friday, two law enforcement officials told the American-Statesman.

Kocurek was taken to University Medical Center-Brackenridge. Her condition initially was considered critical, but shortly after midnight officials said her condition had been upgraded to stable.

Law enforcement officials have swarmed the area around Kocurek’s home near Lake Austin looking for “an unknown assailant.” The search includes dozens of Austin police officers who are searching by both air and ground.

Read more: http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local/travis-county-judge-julie-kocurek-shot-outside-hom/npH5r/

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FYI: This is the judge that (temporarily?) presided over the Grand Jury that indicted Rick Perry

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/judge-warns-against-perry-grand-jury-threats/ng6zb/

[NV Whino]

1. Wow, it's not just small planes anymore.

[villager]

8. Maybe they're back to using "lone nuts"

People tended to swallow that one, even when the same faction kept benefiting, over and over....

[classykaren]

9. Something the Mob even didn't do.

[herding cats]

2. I'm glad she's stable.

I wish her the very best, and I hope they catch the person who did this.

[jtuck004]

3. Attempted assassination of a sitting judge. n/t

[paul ofnoclique]

4. Wishing you a speedy recovery, ma'am!

And an equally-speedy arrest of the asshole who shot you.

[WinkyDink]

5. Straight outta "L&O."

[840high]

6. Glad not dead.

[C Moon]

7. They'll never find the person. This sounds like scary stuff. Recover quickly, Judge.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. Defeatist certainty is not welcome. There are many fine police who work very hard.

There may be home surveillance video, car dash cams, ballistic evidence, etc., and other means and clues you and I are not aware of.

Yes it will be difficult, but we don't need defeatist sentiments floating out there.

[lonestarnot]

11. You left out the mentalist.

[C Moon]

14. gimme a break.

[atreides1]

12. Realist

There are many fine police who are still working on many unsolved cases, too!

If this was planned then it's a good bet that the shooter took all of those things into account!

Stayed just out of range of any possible cameras, used a revolver(no shell casings) that can be found in any gun store, there are just as many ways to blur the evidence.

[Ash_F]

15. If this was well planned she would be dead. /nt

[C Moon]

13. All I was alluding to was that it sounds like a planned hit.

I wasn't trying to be insulting to anyone.
Good lord.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

16. Good. Perhaps this ...

... "They are unlikely to find the person since this looks like a planned hit." That removes the certainty and clarifies why you think that way.

As to whether it was a planned hit, as you and another poster feel, if it was well planned then the victim would have died on the spot. Thus there is hope that planning for the evasion and escape will also be less than perfect and there will be enough clues and maybe some sightings of escaping vehicle(s), etc. to catch the assassin.

Misunderstandings can be avoided by writing clearly. The reader only has the words in the post and can't fill in between the lines with the thoughts in your mind.

[wordpix]

17. terrible and another sign we're becoming a 3rd World nation

kill our judges, kill docs who perform abortions, police killing black children, RWnuts setting off bombs in churches, people getting shot down in cinemas and schools...