LUMBERTON, Texas — Detectives with the Lumberton Police Department are investigating a homicide involving one person, according to Lumberton Police Chief Danny Sullins.
It happened in the 400 block of North Main Street across the street from DuGood Federal Credit Union in Lumberton Friday evening. One person was fatally shot while in a truck on the road, Sullins told 12News.
According to Sullins, four people were in the truck headed north towards Silsbee, when the driver and a backseat passenger got into an altercation. At some point, the driver pulled out a gun.
The backseat passenger then opened fire, killing the driver, Sullins said. The other three occupants were still on the scene when law enforcement arrived and gave consistent stories.
At this time, no charges have been filed because self defense may come into play, Sullins said.
Witnesses at the scene told 12News that there were children in the truck. A worker at the nearby Whataburger said he heard it all.
"I was taking the trash out to our back dumpster, and I heard five or six gunshots and what I thought was gunshots,” Trey Davis said. “And then I looked up and there was a, like a nine-year-old little boy that had ran over here to our establishment like screaming, 'My dad, my dad, my dad.'" I just pray for those kids. And their family man. I hope everything works out."
12News crews watched police detain one person at the scene.
Roads were blocked off for hours from the McDonald's fast-food restaurant on Main Street to East Chance Cuttoff.
This is a breaking news story. We will update with more if and when we receive more confirmed information.
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