Arkansas man gets 18 years for firing gun at Longview Amtrak station

LONGVIEW, Texas — An Arkansas man was sentenced to 18 years in prison for firing a gun in the Amtrak station in Longview last year.

Joshua Lawson, 24, was arrested on Jan. 15, 2025 after he walked into the Amtrak train station in Longview and fired a weapon. No one was hit by the gunshots. At the time, he was charged with three counts of deadly conduct and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon…

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