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Two men were dating the same woman. One of them, Demagio Person, showed up at the other man’s workplace with a rifle.1
That was around seven on a Wednesday morning, in the parking lot of the FedEx Ground facility in Hewitt. The argument turned into a fight, and the fight turned into a gunfight: Against Person’s rifle, the other man had a handgun.
Neither held back. Hewitt police chief John McGrath counted it up afterward:
From the subject with the rifle, it appears there was probably at least 10 or more rounds that were fired. From the handgun we’re looking at 10 or more as well.
So call it twenty-odd rounds in a parking lot. Both men went to the hospital with minor injuries, and both were treated and released. Nobody else was hurt, and police didn’t think anyone else was even around. That’s lucky for so many reasons.
Police said the FedEx worker had acted in self-defense, so the only one charged was 37-year-old Demagio Person: aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a second-degree felony.
He was booked into the McLennan County Jail that afternoon, with bond set at $500,000, and he was indicted on the same charge the following January. If I’m reading the court records right, he pleaded guilty on February 18, 2026.
He was sentenced to jail, but I unfortunately don’t know how to find the sentence he actually got. A quick AI-based search (caveat lector) suggests that he could be looking at 2-20 years.
Pro tip: If she’s already dating someone else, she isn’t waiting years for you to get out of prison.
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Sources
Primary
McClennan County records search (registration required, available to the public — use case number 2025-328-C1)
2025 Indictments (McLennan County District Clerk, link in PDF)
News
Man charged in apparent love triangle shooting in Hewitt, Texas early Wednesday morning (KWTX)
2 people arrested, 1 injured following morning shooting in Hewitt (25 News KXXV)
Two men exchange shots in Hewitt Wednesday, 1 arrested (FOX 44)
Hewitt Police Chief John McGrath said the man who “showed up and started the argument” was “struck two to three times with rounds from a handgun.” Since one of them had a rifle and the other had a handgun, the rifle must have been in Person’s hands, and the handgun in the FedEx worker’s.
Lucky indeed. There could easily have been other people in that parking lot.