LUBBOCK, Texas — The Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office was expected to provide an update on Thursday regarding the deputy-involved shooting that killed 60-year-old Jose Luis Nunez Morales in the 9100 block of Highway 87.
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EverythingLubbock.com previously reported the shooting happened on Friday, September 12 around 10:50 a.m.
LCSO said deputies received a 911 call stating Morales had been drinking and was carrying a gun. When deputies found Morales, they told him to put his hands up. According to LCSO, Morales “disregarded those orders, reached to his right side and produced a handgun, creating an imminent threat.” A deputy fired his gun at Morales. Deputies on scene rendered first aid until EMS arrived and took Morales to University Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead.
Sheriff Rowe says deputies got the 911 call about a domestic disturbance situation in the 9100 block of Highway 87 just before 11 a.m. on September 12…