Longview police identify man killed in early morning shooting
LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) - Longview police are investigating a homicide. Officers were called to a shooting on Finch Drive around 12:45 Tuesday morning.
Police have identified the victim as Damian Devon Daniels, 26, of Gladewater.
A neighbor tells KLTV he didn’t think this would happen in such a quiet neighborhood.
Longview Police Investigators were on Finch Drive knocking on doors to talk to neighbors about nine hours after the shooting occurred.
They spoke with Raymond Weathersby a second time, but he says he didn’t really know his next door neighbors. He was awake when the incident occurred.
“I heard a loud bang and I heard gunshots. I heard screaming,” Weathersby said.
But he says he didn’t see anything.
“I heard a crash before I heard the gunshots, so. I mean after I heard the crash I was running outside and immediately the gunshots followed so I was like, no. I’ll just stay for a second. Then I peeked outside and no one was out here so I eventually came out,” Weathersby said.
A Longview Police investigator says a vehicle had backed out of a driveway, hit a brick mailbox and stopped against a tree, and shots had been fired into the vehicle.
“The vehicle that was shot into it backed up like literally right beside that car and hit that tree, and I guess it was pretty much totaled,” Weathersby said.
He says since he just heard gunfire he didn’t look inside the vehicle.
“I didn’t think anyone got shot because I heard gunshots, but I didn’t see any blood or anything,” Weathersby said.
Police say a male victim was located on scene and taken to a hospital where he later died. Weathersby, who just moved to Longview from Dallas two months ago, says he was surprised this happened next door.
“Especially when you think you live in a good neighborhood, it’s sad. Stuff happens,” Weathersby said.
Longview Police say they have not made an arrest. This is the year’s third homicide and the second police say is a domestic situation.
Previous update:
Longview police have released the name of the man killed in a Tuesday morning shooting.
The victim has been identified as Damian Devon Daniels, 26, of Gladewater.
Previous story:
A man has died following a shooting which occurred on Finch Drive early Tuesday.
According to the Longview Police Department Facebook page, officer were dispatched to Finch Drive at 12:44 a.m. The police located a man with injuries and took him to a Longview hospital, where he died.
According to the post, the shooting appears to be a domestic-related incident. Name will not yet be released.
Anyone with information on the matter is urged to call police at 903-237-1170.
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