LUBBOCK COUNTY, Texas — The Texas Rangers confirmed that Carlos Francisco Marrero, 50, died after a pursuit led by the Buffalo Springs Police Department, with assistance from the Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office, on Monday afternoon.
The Texas Rangers stated that while the Buffalo Springs Lake Police Department conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle that was reported stolen, the vehicle fled the stop, prompting a pursuit by Buffalo Springs Lake Police.
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Texas DPS troopers and LCSO deputies assisted in the pursuit that ended at approximately 1:15 p.m. in the 8900 block of U.S. 87, after the driver abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot.
Officials say the driver entered a building and barricaded himself inside before officers were able to gain entry. Officials say that Marrero was found to have sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound and was pronounced deceased at the scene…