HOUSTON – The suspect in the shooting that left a Harris County Pct. 1 deputy constable injured Monday not only had criminal history in Harris County, but also in Liberty County, KPRC 2 has learned.
34-year-old Parnell Bland is currently facing two felony charges in Harris County following the shooting in downtown on Monday,
Harris County court records show Bland had six criminal convictions, three of them drug-related crimes.
In December 2023, Bland was released from Texas Department of Corrections after serving a two-year sentence for a possession of a controlled substance conviction in Liberty County.
Liberty County court records show Bland has a criminal history in the county spanning from 2016, when he pleaded guilty to a possession of marijuana charge.
Since being released from prison in 2023, court records show Bland had been arrested at least twice in Liberty County and once in Harris County, just a week before the downtown shooting incident.
Harris County prosecutors are asking a judge to hold Bland in jail without bail.
Bland is facing felony charges of an aggravated assault against a public servant and unlawful carrying of a weapon with felony conviction.
