LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – A Lubbock Police officer shot a man who ran from a domestic disturbance call and posed a threat to the officer Monday night, leaving the suspect hospitalized with serious injuries.
The Lubbock Metropolitan Special Crimes Unit is investigating the shooting that occurred near 18th Street and Ave. S. Police were called to a domestic disturbance in the area around 9:30 p.m. Monday.
During a Tuesday afternoon press conference, LPD Chief Seth Herman said the officer saw 22-year-old Taylor Floyd-Sutton and a female victim walking in the area of 18th St. and Ave. U.
LPD identifies 22-year-old man shot in Monday night officer-involved shooting(KCBD)
When the officer got out of his car, Floyd-Sutton ran and climbed a fence when the officer demanded him to stop. He didn’t and a chase began. He tried to hide in front of a nearby home and continued to run into a parking lot.
The officer continued to give commands when Sutton produced a semi-automatic handgun and turned toward the officer.
That’s when the officer, who’s been with LPD for the past two years, shot Sutton and then began life-saving measures. Sutton was taken to UMC with serious injuries. A gun not belonging to the officer was recovered from the scene.
Sutton, who is in critical condition in the hospital, was served a warrant on Tuesday for aggravated assault of a public servant with a bond set at $200,000.
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