Trooper Damon Allen, 41, died after being shot around 4 p.m. on Interstate 45 near Fairfield in Freestone County by a man later identified by police as Dabrett Black, 32, who then fled the scene.

Allen started on the force in 2002 and served 15 years before his death Thursday. The Texas Department of Public Safety described the 41-year-old from Mexia as a husband and father of three.

On a rainy day in September 2021, the Damon Allen Act, SB6, was signed into law in Houston. Mr. Allen was a Texas State Trooper brutally murdered on Thanksgiving Day in 2017 by a violent offender ...

“Her heart rate would get so high during the event, she would get gassed out,” said Damon Allen, who has coached her since 2022. Allen knew that she couldn’t just snap out of it.

When Department of Public Safety Trooper Damon Allen was gunned down by a felon free on bond in 2017, it was a wake-up call for the Texas Legislature. Ever since that tragedy, the state Senate has ...

Damon Allen, a Canadian Football League Hall of Famer and 23 year CFL veteran, is the brother of Raiders' legend and Pro Football Hall of Famer Marcus Allen.