Lubbock records show machete attack preceded rival lover's deadly shooting Court records show a 44-year-old man now charged with murder in a deadly shooting earlier this month had previously admitted to attacking the same man with a machete more than a year ago for dating his ex-girlfriend. Tommy Rios was booked into the Lubbock County Detention Center on a count of murder, which carries a punishment of five years to life in prison. Investigating a deadly shooting near a Lubbock convenience store His arrest stems from a Lubbock Metropolitan Special Crimes Unit investigation that began after Lubbock patrol officers responded to a shots-fired call at a convenience store in the 5800 block of Avenue P and found 37-year-old Jonathan Trevino suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to University Medical Center where he died. Investigators obtained video from the store's security cameras, which showed a man armed with a handgun arguing with Trevino, who exited the store. However, the armed man followed Trevino outside the store, continuing to argue with him as he pointed the weapon. The video shows Trevino continued to walk away from the man, who got in front of him. A gunshot erupted and Trevino could be seen falling to the ground, the affidavit states. The gunman ran away and was heard saying, "I'm gonna kill you." Rios was identified as the suspected shooter after investigators sent a still image of the gunman to other officers and to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Two facial recognition programs identified Rios as the person believed to be in the still image and a police officer who recently worked as a jailer also recognized Rios as the suspected shooter. A motive for the shooting was not disclosed in the warrant. However, court records show this is the second
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