Woman in Tyler police gun altercation sentenced to 40 years in prison

Woman in Tyler police gun altercation sentenced to 40 years in prison

TYLER, Texas (KETK) -- A woman involved in an incident with Tyler Police Department where she discharged an officer's gun has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. ‘She chose to start the fight’: Tyler Police Chief stands by officers’ actions in Brianna Erwin’s arrest Photo Courtesy of Smith County Jail Brianna Erwin, 33, was involved in an altercation with Tyler PD in May of 2025 when officers responded to a theft call at a Dollar Genera…