Shrimp captain killed, another charged in death
TEXAS CITY, TX
James Michael Morris was free on $75,000 bond after he was
booked into the Galveston County Jail on Tuesday.
The shooting happened before dawn June 3 at a seafood dock in
Texas City. Police Capt. Brian Goetschius says a dispute over
customers between Morris and Kelly Sumner ended with a struggle
over a handgun Morris brandished. The gun discharged, wounding
Morris in the leg. Goetschius says Morris dropped the gun, but as
Sumners loomed over him Morris grabbed it and fired, fatally
wounding Sumners in the back.
Jail records do not list an attorney for Morris.
