2022-07-17 Adame
Amarillo police arrest man for murder charge after Sunday morning shooting
AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - Amarillo police have arrested a man charged with murder after a Sunday morning shooting.
Police were called to a local hospital around 4:20 a.m. on July 17 for a man who had been brought in with a gunshot wound.
The victim, identified as 31-year-old Javier Hernandez, later died at the hospital.
Witnesses told officers the shooting happened near South Fairfield Street and Southeast 11th Avenue.
Police say Hernandez had been in an argument with several other man and one of the men pulled out a gun and shot him.
Amarillo Police Department Homicide Detectives identified the suspect as 21-year-old Oscar Adame. SWAT officers later found him at a home on Plaudit Trail in Potter County.
He was arrested for a murder warrant and booked into the Potter County Detention Center.
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Amarillo police arrest man in connection with Sunday homicide
Amarillo police arrest man in connection with Sunday homicide
AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — The Amarillo Police Department reported that an arrest has been made in connection with an early Sunday morning homicide in east Amarillo.
APD detailed that at 4:20 a.m. on Sunday, officers were called to a local hospital on a man who was brought in with a gunshot wound. Officers identified 31-year-old Javier Hernandez as the man who was shot. Witnesses at the scene said that the shooting happened in the 3500 block of SE 11th Ave, according to APD.
APD said that Hernandez had been in a fight with several other men when one of the men “pulled out a gun and shot Hernandez.” Hernandez later died at the hospital.
APD Homicide Detectives identified and obtained a murder warrant for 21-year-old Oscar Adame in relation to Sunday’s incident. APD explained that a SWAT officer later found Adame at a home in the 9900 block of Plaudit Trail in Potter County.
Adame was arrested and booked into the Potter County Detention Center.