North Amarillo shooting leaves 1 person dead, two others wounded


Late Saturday night, Amarillo police officers were sent to a home in the 1900 block of NW 18 on multiple gunshot victims. 

When officers arrived, they found two male victims inside the home and a female victim in the backyard. One of the men and the woman were transported by AMR to an area hospital with life threatening injuries. 

The second male, identified as Lawrence Hart, was declared deceased at the scene. 

During their investigation, homicide detectives were able to identify a suspect and obtain a murder warrant in this case.  SWAT was brought in to help locate the suspect.

Bol Deng, 23, was taken into custody. He was arrested for murder and booked into the Potter County Jail. 

This case is still being investigated by the APD Homicide Unit.

 If anyone has any information on this shooting, we ask you to call Crimestoppers at 374-4400 or use the P3 tips app or the Crimestoppers app at www.amapolice.org.

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