Incident

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1-02-2017 Texas Lamesa 1-1

Location

January 02, 2017

Lamesa, Texas

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Benny Vela
Age: 28
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Unharmed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Age: 6
Age Group: Child 0-11
Gender: Male
Status: Injured

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured
Accidental Shooting
Accidental Shooting - Injury
Accidental/Negligent Discharge
Child Involved Incident
Child injured (not child shooter)
Drive-by (car to street, car to car)

Notes

1 inj Child injured when Vela, confronting 2 people in house, drops shotgun. It discharges. Jennifer Ruiz, mother of child, is arrested. It leads to Jan. 3 db.

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: 12 gauge

Sources

URL: http://www.kcbd.com/story/34168493/police-investigating-drive-by-shooting-in-lamesa-16-to-18-shots-fired

URL: http://www.kcbd.com/story/34168493/2-suspects-in-custody-in-lamesa-drive-by-shooting

URL: http://www.kcbd.com/story/34175264/2-suspects-released-after-drive-by-shooting-in-lamesa

URL: http://www.wafb.com/story/34246246/police-6-year-old-shot-prior-to-drive-by-shooting-in-lamesa-mother-arrested

URL: http://www.kcbd.com/story/34246246/police-6-year-old-shot-prior-to-drive-by-shooting-in-lamesa-mother-father-arrested

District

Congressional District: 11
State Senate District: 28
State House District: 82