The off-duty officer found dead in his Texas home Monday was likely the victim of a homicide, according to police.

Authorities say the manner of Abilene police Officer Don Allen's death is "clearly suspicious" and there is no indication that he was targeted at random.

Family members found the 27-year-old's body at his home in the nearby city of Clyde.

Law enforcement blog LEO Affairs, citing local news site Big Country Homepage, says Allen may have been murdered in a coordinated attack. According to LEO Affairs, a search warrant of cell tower data contained these details:

This ruling isn't official, but a direct quote from the documents reads, "Communication occurred between multiple parties to plan and carry out the murder. [The officer filing the warrant] believes cell towers within the 10-mile radius will have captured transaction between the suspects who were involved in this murder."

When asked about the likelihood of Allen being targeted by several people in a premeditated attack, Clyde Police Chief Robert Dalton replied, "We have no direct information that would say that's the case. I'm not sure where that came from. Of course we're not releasing all the information because it's an active investigation. We try not to comment on the number of suspects."

The Clyde Police Department, which received a 911 call after 7 p.m. Monday, reached out to the Abilene Police Department and Texas Rangers for assistance. All three agencies are working with the FBI to investigate the incident. Allen's body was taken to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office for an autopsy.

Dalton said a lot of misinformation is swirling around concerning Allen's death.
"One of those rumors is that there was some kind of anti-police message left at the scene. That is entirely untrue," he said in an interview with Yahoo News Wednesday. "We do not have any evidence at this time that Mr. Allen was targeted because he was a police officer."

Dalton also wanted to reassure Clyde residents that law enforcement has no evidence that suggests they are in harm's way.

"It's a small town and there is some uneasiness right now, but we have no reason to believe that other members of the public are in danger."

During a press conference Tuesday, Abilene Police Chief Stan Standridge addressed what many had been thinking: Allen's is the latest in a spate of violent police officer deaths.

"I do not want to police in a community where it's an us-versus-them mentality," Standridge said. "If we get there, we've lost. We have not lost."

Before joining the Abilene Police Department, Allen was an officer in Cisco, Texas, for a year and five months. He served as a Texas peace officer for a total of three years and three months.

Standridge described Allen as a "great man and great peace officer."

"Parents should not have to bury their children," he said, "and this family certainly needs our love and prayers during this time."

A representative from the Texas Rangers was not immediately available for comment.

"The officer filing the warrant believes cell towers within the 10-mile radius will have captured transaction between the suspects who were involved in this murder."

Sounds like they have a lead. We'll see where it goes. I hope they catch whoever did it.

They better have a lead. Yo[u know how many different law enforcement agencies I have read is involved in this? The local, the Texas Rangers, FBI, ATF, US Marshall's Service.

Sounds like a bit of overkill for just an everyday murder. Something bigger must be going on.

I've read reports about muslim men harassing the wives of soldiers, here in the US... kinda far fetched, but i guess we'll see...


and they are using the same agencies for the fugitives that shot that cop in Ill. they don't want cop killers getting away...

Actually from what I read everyone who carried a badge in that part of Ill was responding. I read they had local, state, FBI, US Marshall's, Secret Service, Immigration and Customs, DHS, DEA and many other agencies involved......

Every badge in the state of Texas will be on this. Including Texas department of public safety... the much larger "parent" organisation, that the Texas rangers are part of.

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Very sad day, when even a peace officer isn't safe at home.

My thoughts and prayers go out to his family, friends, and fellow officers.

I think it's sad for anyone to be shot in their home, abroad, on the job or at leisure. I think whoever did this will be caught and brought to justice much faster than Lt. Gliniewicz' killers. People many times lead double lives, their profession far different from their personal lives. Being shot at home sounds personal but still they had no right to take his life. Rest in peace officer Allen.

Usually just one outside agency would conduce the investigation unless something much larger is possibly going on.

Caught....

"" ABILENE, Texas -

An Abilene couple has been
arrested for the murder of an Abilene police
officer.
Violet Walter, 30, and Phillip Walter, 29, were
taken into custody in the 1000 block of South
Clack about 6 p.m. Thursday in connection
with the homicide of officer Don Russell Allen,
according to Abilene Police Chief Stan
Standridge.
The Walters, who are husband and wife, were
charged with first-degree felony murder, and
punishment ranges from 5-99 years to life in
prison. Standridge said that charges could be
added, pending further investigation.
Bond has been set at $500,000 each.
Allen was found dead in his residence on
Yucca Drive in Clyde on Monday evening.
"We were able to link the suspects to property
taken from Don Allen’s residence," Standridge
said. "Additionally, physical evidence
recovered at the scene has linked the suspects
to the crime. While I cannot discuss the
specifics, we are confident that we have taken
the correct people into custody. We do not
believe there are any other suspects.""
http://m.ktxs.com/news/abilene-police-major-break-in-officer-don-allen-murder-case9/35091440

interesting that the death is only described 'suspicious', most other deaths they reveal that they were shot, or stabbed,,or strangled, or beaten,,,etc,,etc,,etc,,

10:1 Meth is involved.

it was a young officer.....

Yes he was. He was involved in someway too. Meth is big business in rural Texas. I've lost a few to it.

I am sorry to hear it.

Definitely...& other dirty activities....dirty cops usually have dirty endings...

I wouldn't go to far until we know what happened... I tend to believe it's a lot bigger then they are making it, to many federal agencies were involved in the investigation for it not to be, but for all we know he could have been coming home from the store and they could have been burglarizing his house and got the jump on him, or maybe he arrested one of them before and they wanted revenge.

i don't think they murdered him, but had something directly to do with his death... the bond was only 500,000 dollars, for killing a cop?

$500K isn't a lot of money? For an alleged meth dealer/trafficker maybe not.

Still 10X the bail for the mistrial of Randall Kerrick, for shooting the unarmed victim of a car accident 10X who believed the police were there to help him.

You mean something like Operation Rockfish?