Gunfire Erupts During Texas Repossession

Bowie County, TX – November 23, 2022 – It was broad daylight on a Saturday morning when the agents lifted the car. Allowing the borrowers to get their personal property from the car in exchange for the keys; “what could go wrong?”, they thought. Well…

According to a probable cause affidavit filed by the Hooks Police Department, two unnamed repossession agents arrived at the home of a Curtis Terrell Lawson, 31, with the intent of repossessing a vehicle from him.

Upon lifting the vehicle and affecting the repossession, both Lawson and his unnamed wife exited the residence requesting to retrieve some of their personal belongings from inside the vehicle. In good faith, the repo men allegedly agreed under the condition that they hand over the keys.

Here’s where things got squirrely, according to the report.

Lawson then allegedly became physically aggressive. Police report that Lawson then began pushing and shoving the two recovery agents. In the meanwhile, Lawson’s wife allegedly jumped into the car shouting for Lawson to “get his gun.”

And he did.

Distracted by Lawson’s wife inside the vehicle, they took their eyes off of Lawson as he ran into the house. With their backs turned from the house, the calm morning air erupted with gunfire as Lawson allegedly emerged with a black rifle and opened fire on the men.

What transpired next is omitted, but officers clearly arrived soon, as the rifle’s barrel was still warm when collected by them as evidence.

Lawson’s temperament seems to have previously been of question, as one of the responding officers at the scene told a Bowie County Sheriff’s Office investigator that he had been called to the house a couple of weeks before. On that occasion, Lawson allegedly fired shots into the ground “because some kids were in his yard.”

Lawson was charged with deadly conduct involving the discharge of a firearm in Bowie County. He faces two to ten years in prison if convicted of deadly conduct. He was released from the Bowie County jail last Monday on a $40,000 bond.

Source: TXK Today