Police Identify Shooter In Cop Killing

BAYTOWN, TX -- Investigators have positively identified the man who gunned down Asst. Chief Deputy Clint Greenwood outside the Harris County Courthouse annex on April 3.

However, the alleged shooter, identified as William Francis Kenny, 64, will never stand trial for the killing after investigators learned this morning that Kenny killed himself the day after the shooting outside Ben Taub Hospital in Houston.

Baytown Police Lt. Steve Dorris said during a press conference on Monday that investigators developed information late Sunday that identified Kenny as Greenwood’s killer. (Sign up for Patch’s daily newsletter for your neighborhood.)

Early this morning, police swarmed the 1910 Courthouse on Fannin Street after receiving information that Kenny was at the courthouse, and possibly targeting others.

However, officials didn’t locate Kenny, and learned a short time later that he’d committed suicide on April 4 with the same gun used to kill Greenwood.

“Investigators learned that the weapon Mr. Kenny used to take his own life is consistent with the weapon used in the murder of Asst. Chief Deputy Greenwood,” Dorris said.

The day of the murder, Baytown Police released footage of a black Nissan leaving the parking lot minutes after the shooting.

Dorris said police were able to obtain a clear photo of the vehicle from a convenience store in Baytown that helped them identify Kenny.

“This was an instrumental part of our investigation,” Dorris said.

Rueben Perez, an investigator with the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, thanked those who reached out to help law enforcement identify Greenwood’s killer.

Meanwhile, Dorris said that Kenny, who was not a member of the law enforcement community, had made several complaints to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office in the past.

Since at least 2012, Kenny had expressed his contempt for law enforcement that began with a dispute with his ex-wife over family photographs that she took as they were separating.

When nothing was done, Kenny began making numerous complaints and eventually compiled a list of law enforcement personnel that included Greenwood, all of whom he accused of corruption.

Several days before the shooting, Kenny rented a Nissan Versa Note and began staking out the Harris County Courthouse Annex in Baytown.

Shortly before 7 a.m., on April 3 Greenwood was shot and killed as he was getting out of SUV behind the courthouse annex.

He was buried with full honors on Thursday, April 6.

While the suspect in the shooting has been identified, Dorris said the investigation is still far from complete.

“We still have a lot of work to do,” he said.

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