A 70-year-old domestic violence suspect died in hospital one month after being shot by a Primera police officer.
Primera Police Chief Manuel Treviño confirmed that Willard Hargrove passed away in the hospital on Wednesday.
Hargrove was the suspect in a September 30th domestic violence incident where he allegedly shot at a police officer with a rifle.
The incident ended with the officer firing two shots and one of them hitting Hargrove.
Chief Treviño told Action 4 News that Hargrove suffered from heart complications for years and never recovered from a gunshot wound to his right leg.
Hargrove spent four weeks in the hospital before passing away.
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