Suspect Arrested & Charged With Murder In Cooper Shooting

On Sunday, August 29, 2021 at approximately 9:53 a.m., deputies with the Delta County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a shooting at the Cooper Mart located in the 800 block of West Dallas. Upon arrival, deputies found a man deceased on the scene. He was later identified as 35-year-old Damien Damon Wiley of Cooper. Deputies also found that another male identified as 21-year-old Saquan Harrion-Reynolds had been shot. He was flown to a Dallas area hospital and is in stable condition.

The suspect was located on the scene and has been identified as 47-year-old Robert Clevon Jeffery of Cooper. He has been booked into the Delta County Jail on a charge of Murder and a charge of Assault with a Deadly Weapon. He is being held on a one-million-dollar bond for a Murder Warrant and a $500,000 dollar bond for an Assault with a Deadly Weapon Warrant.

The Texas Rangers were contacted and are assisting with the investigation and crime scene processing. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office, Commerce Police Department, Texas A&M – Commerce Police, Texas Game Warden, Texas Parks and Wildlife Officer and Delta County Emergency Management also assisted with the scene.

Should you have any information pertinent to this case, you are asked to contact the Delta County Sheriff’s Office at (903)395-2146