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Posted on Thu, Apr. 13, 2006


McKinney man wounded in SWAT shootout

By BILL MILLER
Star-Telegram Staff Writer

A McKinney man suspected of trying to recruit someone to kill a police detective was wounded early Thursday in a shootout with the city’s SWAT team, police said.

Guillermo Urquiza, 26, was flown by helicopter ambulance to Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, said Capt. Randy Roland, a McKinney police spokesman. He was listed in critical condition at Parkland, a hospital spokesman said.

It was the first time that McKinney police had fired weapons since June 2001, Roland said in a news release.

The shooting happened about 12:14 a.m. as the SWAT team and detectives took a felony search and arrest warrant for Urquiza to a home in the 800 block of Inland Lane, Roland said. The neighborhood is on the west side of U.S. 75, near the Al Ruschhaupt Soccer Complex.

Police suspected Urquiza of trying to a hire a police informant ``to kill a property crime detective who was actively investigating an offense involving the suspect,’’ Roland said. The charge was for solicitation of capital murder.

When the officers reached the front door, Roland said, ``they were met with gunfire coming from inside the house.’’

SWAT officers fired back, striking Urquiza in the stomach and legs, Roland said.

Urquiza faces nine new charges of attempted capital murder, in addition to the solicitation charge.

Also during the raid, police arrested Urquiza’s 56-year-old mother, Maria Del Carmen Urquiza, and took her to the Collin County Jail to face an order for deportation, Roland said. She was not hurt in the shootout, he added.

The Texas Department of Public Safety and Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement participated in the investigation, Roland said.