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Dawson County Deputy Killed by Debris Near Lamesa: What the Investigation Must Find and What the Family Needs to Know A deputy put on a uniform Tuesday morning in Dawson County and went to work on a highway that cuts through the southern edge of the Permian Basin. He conducted a traffic stop — one of the most routine things a law enforcement officer does — and he did not come home. Debris struck him during that stop, and the loss is now being investigated by the Texas Department of Public Safety. If you are reading this, you may be the deputy’s spouse, his parent, his child, his colleague, or the person trying to help his family make sense of what happens next. We are going to tell you exactly what we know, what we do not yet know, and what the law does — and does not — promise a family in this position. We are Attorney911 — The Manginello Law Firm, PLLC. We handle wrongful death cases in Texas, and we have spent more than two decades in courtrooms fighting for families who lost someone to another party’s negligence. Ralph Manginello has been licensed in Texas since 1998…