Lubbock Police Department Seeks Suspect In Downtown Friday Night Shooting

Sergio Nevarez-Rodriguez, 36, is in critical but stable condition after being shot in the area of 13th & O last night (Friday, September 15th, 2017) around 10:45 p.m. The Lubbock Police Department need our helping identifying and locating the person or persons who shot Nevarez-Rodriguez. If you have information, please call the Crime Line at 741-1000.

Here's is the LPD's press release in full:

(LUBBOCK, TX) –Investigators with the Lubbock Police Department’s Person Crimes Unit are investigating a shooting that left one person in critical but stable condition.

On Friday, September 15th, at 10:45 p.m., Lubbock Police Officers heard gun shots in the area of 13th and Avenue O.

Shortly after the shots were heard by officers, dispatchers received a call at 10:49 p.m. about a stabbing in the 1600 block of Avenue M.

Once officers arrived on scene, they located the victim, 36-year-old Sergio Nevarez-Rodriguez, with a gunshot wound.

An ambulance was called to the scene and Nevarez-Rodriguez was transported to UMC. He is currently listed in critical, but stable condition.

Through the course of the investigation, officers were able to determine Nevarez-Rodriguez was the only victim and that no stabbing had occurred.

Officers were not able to locate the suspect.

Investigators are asking that anyone with any information surrounding the shooting to please call Crime Line at 741-1000.

An investigation is underway.

Case Number: 17-31586.