Nacogdoches Arrest Leads To Lufkin Shooting Confession
The man wanted in connection with the shooting of a juvenile on October 18 outside Rodeo Disko in Lufkin was arrested Wednesday afternoon (Nov 5) by Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s deputies on unrelated charges.
Lufkin Police detectives expect to file charges on Luis Gerardo Morales-Ramirez, 39, for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on Thursday.
Lufkin detectives responded around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday to an area in Nacogdoches County where they observed a pickup truck matching the description of the suspect vehicle in the shooting that occurred in the 700 block of South Timberland.
The Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s Office was notified and responded. While waiting for a search warrant for the vehicle, deputies were notified that Morales was inside the residence where the vehicle was located.
A short time later, Morales exited the residence and was taken into custody for unrelated charges. Morales was taken to the Nacogdoches County jail, where he was interviewed by Lufkin detectives and confessed to the shooting. A nine-millimeter handgun was located at the residence where Morales was living.
On October 18, Lufkin Police officers responded to a call of a shooting and found the teen laying in the parking lot near the entrance of the business. Officers packed and applied pressure to the stomach wound until Lufkin EMS arrived. The teenager was transported to an out-of-town hospital, where he was later reported to be in stable condition.
Lufkin detectives' initial review of video from the adjacent businesses shows a truck pulling into the parking lot, a male getting out and walking toward the front door of the business. After a brief struggle, shots were fired and hit the victim. The man ran back to the truck, got back into the driver’s seat, while another man ran from the scene and got into another vehicle, and they fled the scene.
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