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A Lamar Consolidated ISD worker is accused within the capturing loss of life of his spouse, who additionally labored for the Houston-area faculty district.
David Pollard, 47, was arrested Sunday and booked into the Fort Bend County Jail on a homicide cost. His bond was set at $300,000.
Pollard is listed as a college security coordinator on the web site for the college district, which serves about 46,000 college students southwest of Houston. His spouse, Iona, was an tutorial coach at George Junior Excessive College, in response to a information launch from Lamar CISD.
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Iona Pollard’s two youngsters had been additionally a part of the college district, Lamar CISD Superintendent Roosevelt Nivens stated in an announcement.
“The lack of their mom and the circumstances of this tragedy are extremely heartbreaking,” Nivens stated. “We lengthen our deepest condolences to the Pollard youngsters, their households, associates, and all who knew Iona, notably her colleagues and college students at George Junior Excessive.”
The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Workplace obtained a welfare name round 12:39 p.m. Sunday at a Richmond house within the 8900 block of Rocky Knoll Lane.
After they arrived, they discovered Iona Pollard had died “from an obvious gunshot wound.” David Pollard was detained and later arrested.
“The lack of life is a heartbreaking tragedy that touches us all. These occasions depart a deep and lasting affect, not solely on the households instantly affected but in addition on the complete neighborhood,” Sheriff Eric Fagan stated in a information launch. “Our heartfelt condolences exit to everybody grieving this great loss.”
Counseling companies can be found for college students, workers and members of the family, the college district stated.
