Brownwood Police Department released the following press release Wednesday morning concerning a shooting investigation.

On Monday, December 7, at approximately 5:00 pm, 911 dispatchers at the Brown County Law Enforcement Center received a call of a shooting in the 1400 block of Beaver St.

According to information from Brownwood Police, when officers arrived, they located Philip Andreas Walker, 31 of Brownwood, sitting on a front porch with a gunshot wound to his left arm.  Walker initially reported that he was shot while exiting his vehicle at a nearby convenience store.

The Brownwood Fire Department and Lifeguard EMS assessed Walker’s injury and transported him to Hendrick Medical Center-Brownwood for further treatment.

The Criminal Investigations Division of the Brownwood Police Department initiated an investigation and gathered further evidence.  It was believed Walker was involved in a drug transaction at an apartment in the 1500 block of Sunset Terrace.  During this transaction, Walker was confronted and shot by Demory Ardell Wilson, 28, of Brownwood, police say.

A search warrant was obtained and executed at the apartment and more evidence was located along with Wilson.  Wilson was initially arrested for four warrants out of Brownwood Municipal Court for traffic violations as well as a warrant out of Brown County for Theft and, lastly, a warrant out of 35th District Court for a drug offense.

Wilson was transported to the Brown County Jail where he was interviewed and then charged with Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon.

According to Brown County Jail Records, Wilson is jailed in lieu of bonds totaling $169,500.

Those charged are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.