They tracked the guy down in Linden. He then blew his head off.

where the f is linden?

About halfway between Marshall and Texarkana on Highway 59, a little closer to Marshall than Texarkana.

Heard from another cop that he committed suicide...


shot 3 times.

Wow...

Linden is the home of Don Henley (drummer and sometimes front man for The Eagles) as well as Edd Hargett (used to hold many A&M and SWC passing records; son Thadd is now with the AFS, I believe). My dad grew up there and graduated from HS with both of them.

I thought Henley was from Gilmer?


As far as the meth head killer is concerned, I've heard that 40 cop cars arrived on the scene minutes after he shot himself.

That must have been a hell of a sight in that small town. And the guy's not even from there, but the officer was.

Strange. Glad the guy is dead.

Nevermind, report now is that he did it while being closed in on. 1 shot to the head. The cop that I heard that from misinformed me.

Henley was born in Gilmer, then he moved to Linden when he was really young and grew up there.

Linden = county seat of Cass County

Don Henley is from Linden. My mother in law went to high school with him, but he was a bit younger.

Ed Hargett used to be at the First Yell barbecue in the Lettermen's booth every year, but the barbecue doesn't seem to be as well attended (or as well organized) as it used to be when they first started it. We didn't see him there last year.

Anybody ever hear of Pinkard & Bowden? They're a comedy duo (may not be active anymore). Richard Bowden is also from Linden - used to play in Linda Ronstandt's band.

There was another shoot out with a suspected murderer in Linden at the intersection of Hwy 59 and some other highway that goes through there years and years ago. A teenage girl had shot her much older boyfriend in Tyler, and the cops had chased her that far before shooting her.

My dad has spoken of Bowden as well. There was quite a bit of celebrity that came out of his graduating class, which was something less than 20 people I think.

Pinkard and Bowden - The Universal Adjective

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M9CJUPGIHU

Pinkard & Bowden: Nashville Now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjDFDX1nhBM&feature=related