Man gets 17 years in prison for shooting in Central Lubbock - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Nobody got hurt in the shooting itself, but the case moved fast once he admitted to it, and the sentence lands on the harsher end for a shooting without injuries. The pistol's origin is what stands out. He allegedly lifted the gun off a woman less than a week before he used it, turning a straightforward gun case into something closer to a chain reaction, one theft leading directly to gunfire.

For neighbors near the complex, the sentence closes out a case that likely brought police cars and questions to their street not long ago. For the woman who had her pistol stolen, it means the weapon taken from her ended up firing shots before this ever reached a courtroom. That gap between the harm done and the time handed down says something about how prosecutors and the court viewed the pickpocketing-to-shooting timeline.

A stolen pistol, a shooting, and a 22-year-old now facing nearly two decades behind bars over a gun that wasn't his to begin with.