Officer Identified in Fatal Shooting
Posted/updated on: August 17, 2014 at 4:37 am
LONGVIEW — Longview police have identified the officer involved in an August 7 fatal shooting as Johnny Lyons. In a news release, officials say Lyons is a 22-year veteran of the Longview Police Department. At 3:52 p.m. August 7, Lyons conducted a traffic stop in the 400 Block of Delwood Drive near Akin Park. During the traffic stop there was gunfire. The suspect, 23-year-old Regan Marshall Wagner of Longview, was transported to Longview Regional Hospital with life-threatening injuries and later died at the hospital. Lyons was not injured. The Texas Rangers continue to investigate the shooting.
