NACOGDOCHES POLICE DEPARTMENT
MEDIA INFORMATION
Issued: April 22, 2015 8:45 AM CDT
Contact: Sergeant Greg Sowell, PIO- 936.559.2618
Officers were called to a local emergency room in reference to two gunshot victims. Officers learned that at about 10:00 pm, a vehicle travelling westbound in the 1800 block of Douglass Road had been fired upon by the occupant(s) of another vehicle. Two passengers in the victim vehicle were struck by gunfire.
Preliminary investigation has indicated that the victim vehicle, driven by a male, carrying three passengers- a female and two children, ages 4 and 2 were driving westbound when they were approached by a grey passenger car, possibly a Pontiac, that was also westbound. Suspects in the grey car opened fire, striking the victim vehicle several times. A female passenger was struck by a bullet in the upper body and a four year old male passenger was struck in a lower extremity by a gunshot. The driver of the vehicle suffered a superficial wound to the arm, apparently from a gunshot. The female and the child were admitted to the hospital for treatment. The male driver did not require treatment. The two year old was not injured.
Detectives are currently investigating this case. Anyone with information about this case is urged to call Nacogdoches Crime Stoppers at 560-INFO or send a tip on the web at www.ncstips.com. All information is confidential and you will never be asked your name.
