Saturday night, Bandera County sheriff deputies shot and killed 57-year-old William Caviness in his home just moments after he shot at one of their fellow deputies.
The deputy's bullet-proof vest saved his life.
Texas Rangers will have to figure out whether these deputies identified themselves when they went to Caviness' home to serve a search warrant.
His wife, who was inside the home at the time, said the deputies did not.
"Let it be known that my husband was defending our home against what we thought were intruders, and that's the truth," said Pamela Caviness, William Caviness' widow.
Sheriff Weldon Tucker disagrees.
"Anytime you want to claim self defense for somebody that commits aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and then shoots a police officer - it's kind of hard to claim self defense," said Sheriff William Tucker of Bandera County.
Now the aggravated assault Sheriff Tucker was referring to an incident that happened six hours earlier. The sheriff's office says Caviness got into a fight with two men and ended up shooting one of them in the back.
