Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015 | 12:17 a.m.
AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas state judge has been shot and wounded in the driveway of her home in Austin.
Police say District Judge Julie Kocurek was taken to a hospital and her injuries are not life threatening.
Austin Police Lt. Lee Rogers said no suspect is in custody and there is no indication whether the shooting was related to her work.
Police are interviewing witnesses to the shooting.
No other details were immediately available.
Kocurek, a former prosecutor, was appointed to the court by then-Gov. George W. Bush in 1999. She went on to become the only Republican elected to a state district judgeship in Travis County, the heavily-Democratic county that is home to the State Capitol. In 2006, she switched to the Democratic party, the Austin American-Statesman said.
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