Overview

• Keith Matthews, 53, was charged Tuesday with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after a disturbance on Rustic Lane left 19-year-old Briley Delacruz Rodas shot multiple times.
• Deputies say the shooting followed an argument between Matthews and the utility worker during a service call in Magnolia.
• Rodas remains in critical but stable condition at a local hospital following the attack.
• Matthews is detained in the Montgomery County Jail on a $200,000 bond facing a third-degree felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
• Senate Bill 482, authored by Sen. Carol Alvarado and inspired by threats during Hurricane Beryl, will raise assault-on-utility-worker charges to a third-degree felony effective September 1 but does not apply to this case.