Related Coverage Travis County judges react after colleague is shot 
 
 AUSTIN (KXAN) — Travis County District Judge Julie Kocurek is recovering after police say someone opened fire on her in the driveway of her Tarrytown home around 10:30 p.m. Friday. 
 
 “There were four gunshots — very quick succession — there wasn’t any spacing,” said Dudley McCalla who lives across the street. “Just bang, bang, bang, bang.” 
 
 Sources say Kocurek’s son was driving and she was in the passenger seat when they pulled up to their gated home on Scenic Drive. Sources tell KXAN her son got out to remove a garbage bag that had been placed in front of the driveway, blocking their way. When he was outside of the car, the suspect rushed up and fired several shots through the driver’s side window. Broken glass and shrapnel struck Kocurek in the passenger seat. 
 
 She was taken to University Medical Center Brackenridge where she is currently in stable condition. Sources tell KXAN she was admitted into ICU for observation. 
 
 Investigators have not said whether or not the shooting is connected to her work as a judge, but sources tell KXAN the initial investigation suggests Kocurek was targeted. No one is in custody in connection to the shooting. 
 
 “What I would love to report is someone is in custody,” said Austin Police Commander Mark Spangler. “We don’t have anyone in custody. People should use a heightened state of awareness.” 
 
 When McCalla, a friend of the Kocurek family, heard police and EMS pull up to the judge’s home he thought the worst. 
 
 “For too many years in Texas there have been stories of judges being assassinated or shot at in connection with cases they’re trying,” said McCalla. 
 
 Judge Kocurek has served as the presiding judge of the 390th District since January 1999, when she was appointed by then-Governor George W. Bush. She later went on to become the only Republican elected to a state district judgeship in Travis County before switching to the Democratic Party in 2006. 
 
 Judge Kocurek’s High Profile Cases 
 
 She has been involved in a couple of recent high profile cases in Central Texas including the murder case of Samantha Dean–where she signed search warrants in the case. 
 
 Former Austin Police Officer VonTrey Clark is accused of killing the expecting mother. Dean was found shot to death in a Bastrop County parking lot in February, and Clark is awaiting trial. 
 
 Judge Kocurek is also presiding over the Debra Baker murder case. 
 
 Baker died in her Austin home in 1988 and Mark Norwood is her accused killer. 
 
 Investigators linked Norwood to the case through DNA, and indicted by a grand jury in 2012. He’s already serving time behind bars for the 1986 murder of another woman. ||||| AUSTIN, Texas -- A person arrested on unrelated charges in Houston will be questioned as a "person of interest" in the shooting of a Texas state judge outside her Austin home. 
 
 In social media postings Monday night, the Austin Police Department said it was "aware of the arrest in Houston of a person of interest in the shooting" of state District Judge Julie Kocurek. The posting said "the arrest was for unrelated charges" and went on to say it would make no further comments. 
 
 Houston police spokesman Victor Senties said he had no information on the matter. 
 
 Kocurek was shot Friday night upon returning to her home in a posh neighborhood near downtown Austin. 
 
 Police said Kocurek was hospitalized in stable condition with injuries not considered to be life-threatening. 
 
 The Austin American-Statesman says sources tell it the person has a matter pending before Kocurek. 
 
 CBS Austin affiliate KEYE-TV reports the Kocurek family released a statement Monday night saying it is "grateful to everyone for their thoughts, prayers and support; the outpouring has been a tremendous source of encouragement. Judge Kocurek is receiving great care from a wonderful team of doctors and nurses. Their efforts, along with Judge Kocurek's faith, are helping her improve every day." 
 
 A source close to the family tells KEYE Kocurek's son was driving when they approached her home and found a trash bag blocking the gated entrance Friday night. Her son exited the car to move the bag -- and that's when, according to the source, an unknown person ran toward the car and shot at Kocurek multiple times. 
 
 The Austin American-Statesman reports Kocurek was "seriously injured by shrapnel and broken glass - rather than a direct hit from a bullet" when the assailant opened fire. 
 
 Neighbors tell KEYE-TV they believe the shooting is an act of retaliation. Over the years, Judge Kocurek has presided over many high-profile cases as judge of the 390th District Court, which she was appointed to back in 1999. 
 
 Among them, notes CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca, are cases involving former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry. 
 
 Tuesday, various judges will begin covering for Kocurek. "We've already got it covered for the rest of the year," says senior district judge Bob Perkins. Perkins had been a district judge for 17 years when Kocurek was appointed. 
 
 "She's a very good friend of mine. She's a great colleague and when you talk to the judges and you talk to the bar association -- any of the lawyers who have appeared before her -- she has a great reputation with people and it's very well deserved, " Perkins says. 
 
 He adds, for judges, threats are just a part of the job, but they can't let threats influence their work. "We cannot and will not be intimidated by somebody trying to take the law into their own hands or retaliate or something like that. That's not going to make any difference to us," Perkins says. 
 
 The incident is sending shock waves through the law enforcement community. "In my 30 years with the U.S. Marshals Service this is the first instance in my career where a member of the judiciary was attacked," said Hector Gomez, supervisory deputy with the U.S. Marshals. "That is something that is very uneasy, unsettling to me." 
 
 The service reports the number of threats made against judges has actually decreased over the past three years. In 2012, 1,370 threats and inappropriate communications against members of the judiciary were reported. The number dropped to 1,155 in 2013 and the number 768 last year. 
 
 The Travis County Sheriff's Office would not comment on whether any additional security is being added at the Blackwell-Thurman Criminal Justice Center in Downtown Austin.
– A Texas judge was shot outside of her Austin home Friday night, and an initial investigation appears to show she was targeted, KXAN reports. According to the Austin American-Statesman, Judge Julie Kocurek—the presiding felony judge for Travis County—had just arrived home with a number of other people when someone opened fire. A neighbor says she heard "four pops." KXAN reports Kocurek suffered injuries to the areas around her upper body, shoulder, and face. And NBC News describes her injuries as "extremely serious." However she was in stable condition as of Saturday morning and is expected to recover, according to the American-Statesman. Police have not identified any suspects, and a manhunt is currently underway, KXAN reports. While it hasn't been confirmed, it's likely the shooting is connected to Kocurek's work as a judge, KXAN reports. According to the American-Statesman, the former prosecutor was recently involved in cases involving a convicted murderer suspected in a second killing 27 years ago and a woman arrested in connection with the kidnapping of her daughter in 2002. KXAN reports Kocurek recently signed warrants in the case of a former police officer accused of shooting and killing a pregnant woman in February. “It’s the most shocking news I have ever received,” a fellow judge tells the American-Statesman. “Judge Kocurek is a wonderful woman. It’s unfathomable to think that anyone would be angry with her."