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 A Texas state judge was in the hospital early Saturday after being shot and wounded in the driveway of her home in Austin, police said. 
 
 District Judge Julie Kocurek suffered an "extremely serious" injury but her condition is stable and not life threatening, Austin Police Department Commander Mark Spangler, told reporters. 
 
 Witnesses were being questioned but there was no information immediately available about the suspect, he said. 
 
 The department received a 911 call at 10:16 p.m. local time (11:16 p.m. ET) and officers found the victim at the scene. 
 
 Judge Julie Kocurek Travis County 
 
 "It is early in the investigation, however it appears that Julie had driven up into her driveway when the shooting took place," Spangler said, adding that others were with her at the time. 
 
 No other details were immediately available. 
 
 Kocurek, a former prosecutor, was appointed to the court by then-Gov. George W. Bush in 1999. She went on to become the only Republican elected to a state district judgeship in Travis County, the heavily-Democratic county that is home to the State Capitol. In 2006, she switched to the Democratic party, the Austin American-Statesman said. ||||| 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.
– 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."