LUBBOCK, Texas — A Lubbock man, Justin Garcia, 36, was arrested Wednesday for shooting a gun in a vehicle while pulling a woman’s hair back in 2024, according to recently obtained court documents.
According to court documents, officers arrived at Blue Sky on October 25 after they received a call of shots fired near the 3200 block of 4th Street. The report said the incident itself did not happen at Blue Sky.
The victim told the officers at Blue Sky that she was at a family member’s home when Garcia showed up and took her keys and vehicle. The victim went with a family member to find the car, and they found it at one of Garcia’s family member’s homes. The family member of the victim went up to retrieve it while the victim remained in the car. Court records said Garcia snuck up to the victim’s vehicle, got into the back seat and began to pull on the victim’s hair.
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A witness noticed Garcia had a gun and began honking to warn her, before he ran over to help and put Garcia in a chokehold. Court records said a witness told police they let Garcia go, hoping he would not fire the gun. According to court documents, Garcia was sitting in the backseat when he fired the gun into the ceiling of the vehicle. Court records said Garcia kept a grip on the victim’s hair while holding the gun.
Garcia’s family member, according to the documents, was able to get Garcia out of the car before the victim and her family member left and called the police.
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As of Monday morning, Garcia was held in the Lubbock County Detention Center on charges of deadly conduct discharge of a firearm, unlawful carry of a weapon with a misdemeanor conviction and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, with bonds totaling $75,000…