Man identified in East Lubbock officer-involved shooting - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Mayer was identified in a department news release as the subject of a 9:43 a.m. Call near Canyon Lakes in the 2100 block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard. Callers told 911 dispatchers they saw a man driving around the lake and firing into bushes. Officers responded, a chase followed, and Mayer was shot in the 1800 block of Parkway Drive before an ambulance transported him to UMC.

Police Chief Seth Herman addressed reporters at a news conference, though the full details of his remarks were not included in the released information. The shooting is classified as an officer-involved shooting, a designation that typically triggers a separate review process within the department.

The incident unfolded along a stretch of MLK Boulevard close to Canyon Lakes, a park area many families use on weekday mornings. That proximity will likely draw more questions about what exactly unfolded between the initial call and the moment the officer fired.

Parkway Drive sits less than a mile south of where the original shots-fired call originated, meaning the situation moved quickly across a short distance.