AUSTIN, Texas — Police provided few details Saturday about a Texas state judge who was shot and wounded in the driveway of her Austin home.
District Judge Julie Kocurek remained hospitalized with injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening. She was wounded shortly after 10 p.m. Friday upon returning to her home.
A large manhunt began Friday night, No arrests had been made Saturday.
Police had no details about motive or information from the scene Saturday.
Kocurek, a former prosecutor, was appointed to the 390th District court in Travis County by then-Gov. George W. Bush in 1999. Later, she became the only Republican elected to a state district judgeship in the left-leaning county, but switched parties and became a Democrat in 2006.
She is perhaps best known for her statements after former Gov. Rick Perry was indicted on felony coercion and abuse-of-power charges by an Austin grand jury in August 2014.
