The 54-year-old man who was shot in the leg on 14th Street Tuesday evening has been identified as Lawrence Brooks of Orange. According to Officer L.L. Claybar, Brooks was walking northbound about 7 p.m. in the 1300 block of 14th Street when a man he knew in a small blue car drove up. The two men got into an argument. The man in the car shot Brooks and drove away. Officer Claybar reported the bullet was a .22 hollow point and went into the middle of Brooks’ right leg.
Brooks went to a yard belonging to someone else. When police arrived, he was bleeding profusely, according to the report. After treatment from first responders of the Orange Police Department, Acadian Ambulance took Brooks to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Police said Wednesday morning that he has been released. Officers are looking for the suspect.
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