Overview

• On June 9 at around 7:44 p.m., a Conroe police officer confronted 32-year-old Zachary Raychel in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park following multiple 911 calls about a machete-wielding man.
• Police say Raychel ignored commands, advanced toward the officer while swinging the blade and shouted “shoot me,” prompting the officer to fire one round.
• Raychel was given life-saving aid at the scene and taken to a local hospital in stable condition before being discharged on June 10 and booked into Montgomery County Jail.
• No other park visitors were injured, and the officer involved—a four-year veteran of the department—has not been publicly identified.
• The Conroe Police Criminal Investigations Division and the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office are jointly investigating the shooting.