SWEETWATER, Texas (AP) - The Sweetwater police chief is recovering after being stabbed in the
shoulder during a scuffle that ended a two-hour standoff, officials said.
Jim Kelley, 52, was injured Tuesday night as he and other police officers were trying to subdue a
man who had doused himself with gasoline and threatened to burn himself.
Jose Miguel Ramirez, 21, of Sweetwater, was charged with attempted capital murder. He is being
held in the Nolan County Jail in lieu of $100,000 bail.
Two officers went to the house about 9 p.m. after a woman called police and said her former
boyfriend was trying to break inside.
A patio door had been smashed, but Ramirez was under the carport and did not get inside the
home, Lt. Randy Hanes said.
During the standoff, Ramirez refused to drop a steak knife or pitchfork and also threatened to shoot
officers, Hanes said.
After Ramirez poured gasoline on himself and a car, he started fidgeting with a lighter but was
doused by a fire hose and fell. Officers then ran to Ramirez, and the police chief was stabbed.
