The initial shooting occurred when a female occupant of the mobile home fired at a utility worker who was attempting to shut the home's water off. Deputy Detwiler and two troopers responded to the scene and took the female into custody.
Deputy Detwiler and one of the troopers then began to search the home for other occupants. When they reached the back bedroom, the woman's husband opened fire, fatally wounding Deputy Detwiler.
The trooper returned fire as he dragged Deputy Detwiler from the home.
The male subject, who was a former reserve police officer, was found dead from a gunshot wound approximately nine hours later.
Deputy Detwiler had served with the Chambers County Sheriff's Office for only two months. He had previously served as a game warden with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and as a special agent with the U.S. Army Military Intelligence while deployed to Iraq.
He is survived by his wife, three children, parents, and sister.
Texas-Chambers County Deputy Sheriff Shane Thomas Detwiler, 31, of Baytown, Texas, formerly of Salem, was killed in the line of duty on Monday while serving the citizens of Chambers County.
Deputy Sheriff Detwiler was a State of Texas game warden for six years before joining the Chambers County Sheriff's Department.
Born July 31, 1977, in Salem, he was a 1995 graduate of Cy-Fair High School and graduated summa cum laude from Sam Houston State University. Deputy Sheriff Detwiler was awarded a Bronze Star while serving in the U. S. Army during Operation Iraqi Freedom and was a member of Eagle Heights Fellowship Church.
Survivors include his wife of 13 years, Trish Detwiler; two sons, Audie Michael Detwiler and Aiden Glynn Detwiler of Baytown; a daughter, Abigail Paige Detwiler of Baytown; his mother and stepfather, Cheryl and Mike Railsback of Huffman; his father and stepmother, Thomas and Nina Detwiler of Youngstown, Ohio; a sister and brother-in-law, Brandi and Jimmy McKnight of Spring; and his grandmothers, Victoria Detwiler of Columbiana and Marjorie Daugherty of Salem.
