Brownwood Man Arrested After Saturday Night Shooting

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According to a news release from the Brownwood Police Department:

On Saturday, December 11, 2021, at approximately 9:40 pm, officers were dispatched to a residence in the 1600 blk of 3rd St regarding a report of a shooting.  The victim of the shooting was said to be in a vehicle traveling to the hospital.

Corporal Acosta was responding from the hospital area and located the vehicle near the Hendrick Medical Center ER entrance.  The male victim was identified as 19 year old Jacob Levi McDonough-Rivera of Brownwood.  It appeared that Rivera was shot in both his hands.  Rivera explained that he was at a residence in the 1600 blk of 3rd St. visiting a relative when a fight broke out while in the backyard.  When the fight ended, the suspect of the fight left the residence in a pickup.  As the pickup drove away, Rivera heard several loud ‘pops’ then he felt an immediate pain in his right hand and realized he had been shot.

Members of the Brownwood Police Department Criminal Investigations Division arrived at the scene of the shooting and were briefed on the information received thus far.  Their investigation commenced and the suspect was determined to be 19 year old Marces Christoper Thomson of Brownwood.  Detective Jared Spohn continued in his investigation and was able to obtain an arrest warrant for Thomson.

On Tuesday, December 14, 2021, at approximately 4:00 pm officers located  Thomson at a residence in the 2400 blk of Southside Drive and arrested him for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon.

Those arrested are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.