A police officer may be dying  in a hosptal bed in Fort Worth tonight as a result of an identity thief's meth crazed paranoia.

Police have said that Officer Nava was shot while trying to gather information on Mr. Heard, who was suspected of participating in an identity-theft ring.

The suspect, Lance Heard, said he believed that people might have been trying to steal his identity theft equipment and money when they came to the mobile home where he was staying on Tuesday in northwest <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Fort Worth.
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