LUFKIN, Texas — The Lufkin Police Department has arrested a man in connection to a shooting that occurred Thursday afternoon.
Darren Thomas Jr., 29, of Lufkin, has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and is accused of shooting 23-year-old Brandon Larue, of Lufkin.
Thomas was taken into custody around 12 p.m. Friday.
Larue, who suffered a gunshot wound to the upper chest, was released from a local hospital and is expected to make a full recovery.
The shooting happened around 5:15 p.m. in front of a mobile home in the 600 block of Knight Avenue near the intersection of Lubbock Street.
Authorities say witnesses reported seeing and hearing a disturbance in the yard just before shots were fired.
Officials say the suspected shooter left the scene in a dark-colored sedan, possibly a black Dodge Dart.
Anyone with information is asked to call Lufkin PD at 936-633-0356 or Crime Stoppers at 936-639-TIPS.
The incident remains under investigation.