Texarkana Police investigating Spruce Street shooting | Suspect flees

January 25, 2020 at 4:49 a.m. | Updated January 25, 2020 at 4:54 a.m.

by Junius Stone

A call of s shooting at 2305 Spruce came in Friday morning. When officers first arrived at the scene, they saw a black male running from the house and pursued him back toward the railroad tracks. A perimeter has been set. The victim is 32-year-old male with multiple gunshot wounds who is in stable condition.
A call of s shooting at 2305 Spruce came in Friday morning. When officers first arrived at the scene, they saw a black male running from the house and pursued him back toward the railroad tracks. A perimeter has been set. The victim is 32-year-old male with multiple gunshot wounds who is in stable condition.

TEXARKANA, Texas - Police continue to investigate a shooting that occurred Friday morning in the 2300 block of Spruce Street.

One man suffered nonlife-threatening gunshot wounds during the incident and was treated at Wadley Regional Medical Center, according to the Texarkana, Texas, Police Department.

Officers were dispatched to the residence around 10:52 a.m. and found a 32-year-old man lying in the front yard of a residence, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Arriving officers observed a man running from the scene and carrying what appeared to be a pistol in his hand. The officers pursued him into the wooded area northwest of the residence but quickly lost sight of him.

A perimeter was set up in the area and the search continued, with the assistance of a K9 unit and drone from the Texarkana, Arkansas, Police Department.

"The victim is a 32-year-old male who was shot three times," said Shawn Vaughn, public information officer for the Texarkana, Texas, Police Department. "There were three or four people present in the house at the time, domestically occupied, at the time of the incident.

John H. and Betty Brown, owners of the house in which the incident occurred, were not aware of any trouble with the tenants in their rental unit.

"We live out in Liberty-Eylau and just got a phone call," Betty Brown said. "Current tenants have lived there since September, with no hint of trouble. We hate that this has happened. We are going to talk to them to see what is going on."

Residents watched the officers go about their tasks, unaccustomed to such activity in their neighborhood.

"Everyone on this block goes to Polly Chapel (the church on Spruce Street)," one resident said. "This street sticks together. This kind of thing doesn't happen here."

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Photo by Randy Moll Annette Dunfee stirs a pot of chili in the serving line of the Project Prom Chili Supper at the Gravette Lions field house on Friday, Jan. 30.

"Families and elderly people live here. We don't have crime and people mind their own business. I'm just disappointed this happened on this block," said another.

Detectives do not yet know the circumstances leading up to the shooting, but the investigation continues.

Anyone with information on this crime is asked to contact the TTPD at 903-798-3116 or the Texarkana Area Crime Stoppers at 903-793-STOP.

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