James Lemarc “Byrdman” Byrd, 56, died on Jan. 26 at the Alfred D. Hughes Unit in Coryell County, according to a report from the Texas Attorney General’s Office. Byrd was found unconscious ...

Byrd was a member of the department’s K-9 unit when he was found shot to death outside his SUV near the intersection of Auburn Knightdale and Battle Bridge roads on Aug. 11, 2022. He was 48.