By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com
A Dallas Man nicknamed “G-Bone” pleaded guilty Monday to shooting and wounding an ATF agent who had come to arrest him, authorities said.
Gary Montgomery,39, who now faces up to 20 years in prison, also pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Sidney Fitzwater in Dallas to distributing crack cocaine and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Authorities said he is associated with the Highland Hill Posse street gang.
Court document indicate that on Sept. 2 at around 6 a.m. ATF agent tried to enter Montgomery’s Dallas home to execute an arrest warrant.
After a number of agents identified themselves by yelling “Police With a Search Warrant”, two of the ATF agents tried to enter through the front door, authorities said.
Montgomery responded by firing off shots from a 9 mm handgun through the front door. One agent was hit in the abdomen.
Robert R. Champion, head of the ATF in Dallas said “we are relieved and pleased that” the agent ” was able to recover from the shooting and was able to return to work.”
