Shooter charged with capital murder

  • END OF WATCH: Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Joshua Bartlett, SWAT commander was killed while assisting the Levelland Police Department in a standoff. Bartlett leaves behind a wife and three children. "He gave his life in the defense of the citizens of Levelland today. We send our heartfelt prayers to his family, both blood and blue. Thank you for your service, Sgt. Bartlett. It is a debt we can never repay." — Levelland Police Department.
    END OF WATCH: Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Joshua Bartlett, SWAT commander was killed while assisting the Levelland Police Department in a standoff. Bartlett leaves behind a wife and three children. "He gave his life in the defense of the citizens of Levelland today. We send our heartfelt prayers to his family, both blood and blue. Thank you for your service, Sgt. Bartlett. It is a debt we can never repay." — Levelland Police Department.
    Levelland, Texas became the bloody scene of the shooting death of Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office Sgt Josh Bartlett, SWAT commander, and four officers wounded as a suspect barricaded himself inside a home last Thursday Omar Soto-Chavira, 22, was arrested following an 11- hour standoff with law enforcement that began a little after 1 p.m. last Thursday. The suspect gave himself up ju...

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