{"id":1488980,"date":"2026-03-17T21:30:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T02:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1488980"},"modified":"2026-03-19T15:07:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T20:07:52","slug":"dispute-over-dolls-ends-in-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1488980","title":{"rendered":"Dispute over dolls ends in shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"TYLER \u2014 A man accused of firing multiple shots at a vehicle during a dispute in Tyler on Monday told deputies that the confrontation stemmed from an argument over unpaid money for porcelain dolls, according to a Smith County arrest warrant. According to our news partner KETK, deputies responded at about 1:40 p.m. to the 2200 block of Montgomery Gardens Boulevard on a report of deadly conduct. Upon arrival, authorities contacted the suspect, identified as Alex Zavalla, who had already been detained by troopers of the Texas Department of Public Safety.<\/p>\n

According to arresting documents, Zavalla told deputies he had taken \u201cporcelain dolls\u201d from a woman\u2019s home because she had not repaid money she owed him. The woman later arrived at Zavalla\u2019s residence with another individual, prompting a confrontation.<\/p>\n

Zavalla told deputies he retrieved a black \u201cAK-style pistol\u201d and repeatedly told the pair to leave, but they refused. He also said the male individual threatened to return with others and \u201cshoot up\u201d the home.<\/p>\n

Zavalla told investigators he then fired three to four shots at the man\u2019s feet. The two individuals got back into their vehicle and drove away. No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n

Investigators spoke with the victims, who said they were both in the vehicle when the shooting occurred and that multiple shots struck the passenger side of the vehicle.<\/p>\n

Deputies observed damage to the vehicle and recovered shell casings at the scene, according to the warrant.<\/p>\n

Zavalla was arrested on Monday and charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He was booked into the Smith County Jail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TYLER \u2014 A man accused of firing multiple shots at a vehicle during a dispute in Tyler on Monday told deputies that the confrontation stemmed from an argument over unpaid money for porcelain dolls, according to a Smith County arrest warrant. According to our news partner KETK, deputies responded at about 1:40 p.m. to the … Continue reading Dispute over dolls ends in shooting<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1489261,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/03\/2026-03-17_213028-200x200.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1488980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-06 18:57:20","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/03\/2026-03-17_213028-200x200.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1488980"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1489370,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488980\/revisions\/1489370"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1489261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1488980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1488980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1488980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}