Dispute leads to shots fired

VAN ZANDT COUNTY – A 20-year-old Van Zandt County man was arrested Feb. 19 after authorities say he fired a gun at a home following a dispute over a 12-pack of soda allegedly thrown at a baby. According to our news partner KETK, deputies responded about 6:05 p.m. to a report of a man shooting at a home and driving around while waving a gun.

Deputies located the suspect on Highway 19 near Edgewood and conducted a traffic stop as he drove south toward Canton. Officers identified the suspect as 20-year-old Lucas Charles Lewellyn. He was taken into custody without incident.

In statements to deputies, Lewellyn alleged that the victim had thrown a 12-pack of sodas at a 3-month-old child because he was angry. Lewellyn said he left his grandmother, girlfriend and daughter at a Chicken Express restaurant and went to the victim’s address to confront him. Lewellyn told deputies that when he arrived, a verbal altercation occurred and the victim pointed a gun at him. He said he then retrieved a gun from his vehicle, pointed it at the top of the house, fired one round and fled the scene.

Lewellyn was booked into the Van Zandt County Detention Center on one charge of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and one charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. His total bond was set at $40,000. He was released Feb. 20.