Lancaster police fatally shoot man hours after officers took him to hospital for mental evaluation
Officers shot 29-year-old Kalon Horton after he fired a gun several times inside an apartment with a woman and two juveniles.
Updated at 7:56 p.m.: Revised to include information about Kalon Horton’s criminal background.
Lancaster police fatally shot a man Monday morning after he fired a gun in an apartment with a woman and two juveniles inside, Lancaster police Chief Sam Urbanski said at a news conference.
The chief said police had taken the man to a hospital for a mental health evaluation hours earlier. He was identified by police Monday afternoon as 29-year-old Kalon Horton.
32-year-old man gunned down in car outside Lancaster motel
Alex Ray Goodwin was pronounced dead at a hospital. Two gunmen remain at large.
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A 32-year-old man was found fatally shot in a car Friday evening in the parking lot of a Lancaster motel.
Police were dispatched about 8:10 p.m. to reports of a shooting in the 1400 block of the Interstate 35E service road, near the Spanish Trails Inn motel off Pleasant Run Road. Officers found Alex Ray Goodwin in a car at the scene with multiple gunshot wounds.
He was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Police said the shooting appeared to have followed an argument between Goodwin and two men in a black, four-door sedan. All three men drew guns, shots were fired, and the two men fled, police said.
Investigation underway after man found dead inside vehicle in parking lot of Spanish Trails Inn
Authorities said two men driving a black 4-door sedan left the motel after the shooting. No arrests have been made at this time.
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Lancaster police respond to a deadly shooting around 8:10 p.m. Friday at the Spanish Trails Inn. Author: Jozelyn Escobedo (WFAA) Updated: 8:25 AM CDT May 8, 2021
LANCASTER, Texas An investigation is underway after a man was shot and killed Friday night in the parking lot of the Spanish Trails Inn in Lancaster, police said.
The shooting happened around 8:10 p.m. in the 1400 block of N Interstate 35E service road. Police said when they arrived at the scene they found a man inside his vehicle who had been shot.