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Lubbock Metro investigating apartment shootings as aggravated assault, suicide - KCBD
The Lubbock Metropolitan Special Crimes Unit is investigating a shooting near 19th Street and Elkhart that left one man dead and another seriously injured early Tuesday morning at an apartment complex in the 5500 block of 19th Street. Lubbock police responded to the complex at 5:13 a.m.
Lubbock police responded to the complex at 5:13 a.m. On Sept. 1 after a report of shots fired. Officers found Malcom Smith, 34, inside his apartment with a gunshot wound. He was transported to University Medical Center by ambulance in serious condition.
Officers also found Parris Smith, 24, dead at the scene. The two men were neighbors at the complex but were not related, according to preliminary information from investigators. The investigation carries dual classifications of aggravated assault and suicide, suggesting authorities are still sorting out the circumstances surrounding each man's injuries.
For people living along that stretch of 19th Street, west of the Tech Terrace area, this is the kind of call that rattles a neighborhood. The Special Crimes Unit handling the case signals it is being treated with more investigative weight than a routine patrol response.
The case remains open and investigators have not yet fully untangled what happened.
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What happened at the apartment complex on 19th Street in Lubbock?
- A shooting at an apartment complex in the 5500 block of 19th Street left one man dead and another seriously injured around 5 a.m. Tuesday. Parris Smith, 24, was found dead at the scene, and Malcom Smith, 34, was taken to University Medical Center in serious condition. The two were neighbors but not related.
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