LUFKIN, Texas — The victim who was killed following a Tuesday night shooting in Lufkin has been identified.
The victim in last night’s shooting is identified as 17-year-old Christopher “Lil Chris” Rogers, of Lufkin, who was found shot to death in his driveway at 711 Rowe Ave. around 11:50 p.m. yesterday.
According to the Lufkin Police Department, around 11:55 p.m., a caller contacted dispatch stating they heard three shots and saw a vehicle drive toward Williams St. at a high rate of speed. The caller believed the shots came from an abandoned home on Treadwell Street.
Officers were searching the area when a passerby flagged them down, saying there was a person down in a driveway on Rowe Avenue. That is when officers found that Rogers had been shot.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call the LPD at (936) 33-0356 or Crime Stoppers at 936-639-TIPS.