TDCJ Officer Assist San Jacinto Deputy
July 18, 2007
suspect dead and the Deputy in critical condition. Deputy Sean 
Barnes, a former TDCJ Officer at the James H. Byrd Unit, was shot in 
the hand and dragged over 50 feet by Dustin Klander, who attempted 
to run over the deputy. Lee Ann Abernathy, a TDCJ officer at the 
Polunsky Unit in Livingston, assisted the deputy by returning fire with 
the Deputy’s shot gun.
Deputy Barnes attempted to take Klander into custody during an 
early morning traffic stop, after the vehicle Klander was driving in was 
observed driving with no headlights on in the Trails Ends subdivision. 
Lee Ann Abernathy was a "ride along" during the traffic stop and 
returned fire using the deputy’s shotgun during the incident.