Police responded to a shots fired call at a home on the 3200 block of Grinnell Street around 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday evening.
According to the police report, one of the residents told officers a suspect had come onto his property and punched him “approximately five times for no apparent reason.” The resident said he punched back several times, and the suspect said “‘I’ll be back.'”
The resident, who spoke with EverythingLubbock but would prefer their identity remain unknown, said the suspect returned a short while later and began firing shots at the resident and his family who were outside.
“I was very very much in fear of my mom’s safety she was standing right in the range of gun fire, bullets barely missed her head, she ducked in the nick of time,” said the resident, who says he and his father then ran inside to retrieve their own firearms, and returned fire.
“I want to be able to use my second amendment and my right to protect my family from such attacks,” said the resident. “We were in fear for our lives.”
According to the police report, the suspect took and headed east on Grinnell. An officer on the scene found bullet holes in the resident’s vehicle, as well as “multiple gunshot holes” in the wall of the home.
LPD located eight shell casings from the suspect’s firearm in the street. LPD also found sixteen casings from the other shooter’s weapon in the yard.
The resident says he had lived in the home for 20 years and that he has never experienced anything like this before.
“This is a very terrifying and unusual problem that we’re having right now, we haven’t had this kind of altercation with anybody in the neighborhood,” said the resident. “It’s a very peaceful neighborhood.”
According to the report, LPD located the suspect’s vehicle at his residence. His vehicle did not appear to have any damage, LPD said. Officers found the suspect, who told them he had been home “all night,” and that he “did not know anybody that lived on Grinnell Street.” He told LPD his vehicle had been parked in the driveway all night and that “nobody had recently driven it.”
Lubbock Police told EverythingLubbock.com that some of the bullets exchanged during the gunfire ended up in the playground of a school nearby where children told police they heard gunshots and witnessed the fight. Slides on the playground were even struck in the exchange of gunshots.
The resident shared that he is not just concerned for his family’s safety but that of his neighbors’ as well, and hopes to see someone behind bars soon.
LPD said no injuries were reported, and no arrests were made, though the investigation was still active.
