Two charged in Friday shootout

TYLER — A Lindale man who was shot in the leg during a gun battle with another man has been arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. According to our news partner KETK, Matthew Aric Jones, 23, is being held in Smith County Jail under $300,000 bond. Authorities say Jones went to UT Health in Quitman for treatment of the wound to the leg but fled the hospital when law officers arrived. The Smith County Sheriff’s Office said Jones (pictured at left) was involved in a shootout with Jesse Lee Hasten, 29, of Mineola, at a house on County Road 447 about 12:30 a.m. Friday. Hasten also was wounded. He was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Tyler.

Jesse Hasten was released from the hospital where he had been under 24-hour supervision by the Smith County Sheriff’s Office. Upon his release Tuesday, Deputies transported Hasten to the Smith County Jail where he was booked in for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon and Felon in Possession of a Firearm.