Expecting the unexpected is part of a day’s work for Darell Ward, a deputy with the Precinct 4 Bexar County Constable’s Office.

Even after being shot at, allegedly fired by a suspect barricaded in his apartment, Ward continued with his duties.

“It was just chaotic,” Ward told KSAT 12 News. “During that time, you don’t know what to think. You don’t know how to feel. You just have to go with the motion.”

Ward was working with a team attempting to evict Kevin Gerber, 49, from his third-floor unit at the Artisan at Willow Springs apartments.

A report from Constable Kathryn “Kat” Brown, Precinct 4, says Gerber opened fire on the team, with at least one bullet striking Ward and lodging in his vest.

“There was just so much going through my head and my adrenaline was running,” Ward said, refl

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