The police chief in Marlin, Texas succumbed Tuesday to wounds sustained in a shooting earlier this month.
Marlin Police Chief Darrell Allen was taken off life support at Baylor Scott & White Memorial Hospital and was pronounced dead at 4:23 p.m. by Bell County Justice of the Peace David Barfield, according to The Temple Daily Telegram.
Law enforcement agencies will escort the 43-year-old chief to the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences in Dallas for an autopsy.
Allen was working an off-duty security job at the Laid Back Lounge II in Temple around 1:22 a.m. on Nov. 1 when he was shot in the head during an altercation.
Derrick Wayne Gamble was arrested and charged following the shooting with aggravated assault against a peace officer, a first-degree felony.
Allen was working with another off-duty Marlin police officer at the bar when he attempted to detain the 24-year-old prior to the shooting.
Temple Police Sgt. Allen Teston told reporters that Gamble "pulled a gun from his jacket and shot the chief."
Temple Police and the Texas Rangers are currently investigating the shooting.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
