{"id":357471,"date":"2026-07-01T16:52:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T16:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/357471\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T16:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T16:52:13","slug":"lubbock-crime-update-critical-5k-reward-for-murder-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/357471\/","title":{"rendered":"Lubbock Crime Update: Critical $5K Reward For Murder Suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Lubbock Police Department is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LubbockPD\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">asking the public<\/a> once again for any information leading to the arrest of a mysterious gunman who shot and killed a 20-year-old last year. A $5,000 reward is being offered to anyone who can come forward and provide details.<\/p>\n<p>2025 Lubbock House Party Murder<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes after last year&#8217;s incident on 76th Street. According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/chrome-extension:\/\/efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj\/https:\/\/www.mylubbock.us\/DocumentCenter\/View\/5604\/250029948-Lubbock-Metro-Investigating-Weekend-Shooting-PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">LPD news release<\/a>, officers were first called to a residence at midnight on September 28 after receiving neighbor complaints\u00a0about\u00a0a loud party taking place.<\/p>\n<p>Another call was made about 45 minutes later at the same location\u00a0reporting\u00a0shots fired. When officers arrived, they found 20-year-old Deon Lilly suffering from a gunshot wound. Lilly was rushed to University Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p>Another victim, 18-year-old Adysen Gardner, was sent to UMC with a gunshot wound on her buttock. A 16-year-old was also rushed to the hospital, not for gunshot wounds but for several lacerations on their arm.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kfyo.com\/lubbock-violent-crime-rates-2025\/?utm_source=tsmclip&amp;utm_medium=referral\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lubbock Crime Report: Why The City Earned A Failing D- Grade<\/a>LPD Seeking Public Help<\/p>\n<p>No arrest was made at the time, and the investigation has since remained open with the murder suspect still at large.<\/p>\n<p>LPD has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LubbockPD\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">taken to social media<\/a> to spread the word of the cash reward offered to anyone with information leading to the killer&#8217;s arrest.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information on the case is invited to call (806) 741-1000. 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Here are some must-try frozen and blended cocktails to get your summer sizzling! <\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Renee Raven<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Lubbock Police Department is asking the public once again for any information leading to the arrest of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-357471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}