Two shot while trying to sell phone at Lufkin park
Posted/updated on: April 28, 2025 at 8:14 am
LUFKIN – The Lufkin Police Department said they’re currently investigating a shooting that left two people injured at a park in Lufkin on Friday.
According to our news partner, KETK, officers responded to a local hospital at around 11 p.m. on Friday night and spoke with two victims who had non-life-threatening injuries. The victims told the officers they ere meeting two other people at a local park to sell a cell phone when one of the people they met showed them a gun.
One victim was shot in the right hand and the other victim was shot in the stomach. The two men have been transferred to hospitals outside of Lufkin to be treated.
Lufkin PD said they are investigating the shooting and they don’t believe there is any threat to the public.
