A 26-year-old man who investigators believed threatened bar patrons with a gun was indicted Tuesday by a Lubbock County grand jury.
Samuel Bautista is charged with a second-degree felony count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and third degree-felony counts of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and deadly conduct by discharging a firearm in a municipality.
Bautista’s charge stems from his June 4 arrest at bar in the Depot Entertainment District in downtown Lubbock, where police officers responded to a shots fired call.
A police report states a police officer patrolling the area saw Bautista being removed from The Library Bar in the 1700 block of Texas Avenue.
The officer spoke with bar staff who said Bautista and another patron were fighting inside and were removed from the property. The employees told the officer no one was injured, the report states.
The officer released Bautista since no crime was committed and the officer returned to his patrol.
However, moments later, the officer heard a gun shot from the area he encountered Bautista.