Shooting: Socorro, Texas

El Paso County Sheriff's Office

3850 Justice Rd., El Paso, Texas 79938

NEWS RELEASE

Contact: Rick Glancey/Public Affairs Director

(915) 538-2217

Pager: (915) 533-0733 (#5290)

EMAIL: rglancey@epcounty.com

Release Date & Time: Thursday, January 17, 2008 9:15 AM

WHO: El Paso County Sheriff's Office (Criminal Investigation Division).

WHAT: Shooting.

WHERE: 10600 Block of North Loop (Champs Sports Bar), Socorro, Texas.

WHEN: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at approximately 10:40 PM

WHY: Under investigation.

FYI: Male subject dressed in dark clothing enters the establishment and fires several rounds from a gun at another male in the bar. The bullets struck the patron in the upper body. The wounded person was transported to R.E. Thomason General Hospital.

The name of the person shot and his condition is not being released at this time.

The subject who fired the gun reportedly fled on foot and entered a dark in color (possibly blue) minivan. The van was last seen traveling west on North Loop.

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone who may have seen the van leaving the parking lot last night is encouraged to call the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office at (915) 546-2280.

No other information is being released at this time.