Police on Tuesday released new details about an officer-involved shooting with a man accused of leading police on a chase following a violent confrontation at a gas station Monday evening in Lubbock.
Lubbock Assistant Chief Neal Barron hosted a brief news conference Tuesday evening, confirming 41-year-old Jerome Garcia remained in critical but stable condition at a Lubbock hospital after he was shot by officers after he was accused of ramming his vehicle at patrol vehicles following the pursuit that ended near 121st Street and Kenosha Avenue.
LPD Dispatch received a call for service at 7:30 p.m. indicating that someone had been seen with a shotgun at the Bolton’s gas station in the 3700 block of Avenue Q, according to police.
Final suspect in Lubbock teen s shooting death surrenders to police
Lubbock police officials said Wednesday that the final suspect in a June 9 fatal shooting at a Central Lubbock apartment complex has surrendered to authorities and is in custody.
The 16-year-old boy is the last of seven teenagers arrested in connection with the shooting death of 14-year-old Dequavion Traylor during a drug rip at the Ella Apartments in the 1100 58th Street.
All seven are facing a charge of murder for their roles in the shooting. The ages of the suspects range from 15-17 years old.
Lubbock police Sgt. Justin Anderson said the final suspect was apprehended at an attorney s office in Lubbock.
When Lubbock Police Chief Floyd Mitchell looks at the crime data from 2020, he sees a lot of statistics trending down.
Total home burglaries were down 13% compared to 2019 s totals, thefts from motor vehicles were down 10%, and destruction or vandalism was down 3%. These are all property crimes, and all together, property crimes were down 11% compared to the year prior.
Chief Mitchell says COVID-19 may have been a factor in this. A lot of people were at home, so their houses did not get burglarized, Mitchell said. It s hard for us to pinpoint exactly what caused this 11% decrease right now, but that s what we believe was the biggest cause of that people were at home.