Fatal Tyler Shooting under Investigation

TYLER — Tyler Police are searching for a gunman involved in a fatal shooting Tuesday night. On Wednesday Andy Erbaugh told KTBB, “it is the result of a drug deal gone bad. It happened around 11:30 at The Foundry Apartments on Varsity Drive.” Responding officers found two gunshot victims. One victim, Armani Jewel Fields, 20 of Lufkin died at the scene. A woman not involved in the altercation, was shot in her apartment, and was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

A third victim, Tristan Craig, 20 of Henderson was also shot. He drove himself to the hospital where he is in stable condition. According to investigators, there was an altercation in the parking lot that resulted in gunfire. One of the victims was struck while inside a nearby apartment and was not involved in the earlier altercation.