Donald Ray Boumans, 25, was shot and killed on August 28, 2021, in Blanco, Texas. He was pronounced dead at the scene after being shot by his stepfather, James Mayer Harris Jr., during a domestic disturbance. Harris, 63 and an attorney, said Boumans physically confronted him during an argument and that he shot in self-defense.

Harris was arrested at the scene and charged with murder, then released on $50,000 bond. The first trial ended in a mistrial after the jury split on the self-defense question. Harris later pleaded guilty to a lesser count of aggravated assault of a family member with a deadly weapon causing serious bodily injury or death and received 10 years of deferred adjudication, a community-based sentence conditioned on compliance with court terms.

Boumans was an Army veteran and a volunteer firefighter in Blanco. Does anyone have information about Boumans life in Blanco or the events leading up to the disturbance?