 The company has not announced any plans to expand here to the Green Country area. A manhunt is underway in southeast Texas after a sheriff's deputy was shot and killed. Officials in Harris County are asking the public for help finding Ronnie Palmer, a person of interest accused of ambushing and fatally shooting Deputy Fernando Escueda Wednesday night. The 28-year-old deputy had been with the department for five years and was a member of a task force that tracks down violent criminals.