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Lancaster – On Monday, May 10, at approximately 5:42 a.m., officers were dispatched to a “shooting in progress” call in the 1600 block of N. Houston School Road. Officers were advised that two juveniles were inside the apartment with an armed male firing a weapon.
Officers arrived on the scene and announced their presence and requested the male to come out to them.
Having received no response, and fearing for the safety of the two juveniles, the officers entered the apartment and encountered the armed male, which resulted in the male being fatally wounded.
The other occupants in the apartment were not injured in the incident. The male was transported to Methodist Central Hospital where he was later pronounced deceased.
It was later determined that the same adult male had encountered law enforcement on Sunday, May 9, at approximately 9:47 p.m., when the Lancaster Police Department was dispatched for a welfare check to the Spanish Trails at the 1400 Block of N. Interstate 35E service road.
Upon arrival, officers observed a male, possibly under the influence, who was prohibiting a female from leaving the location of her own free will.
Officers observed the male may have been intoxicated and in an altered mental state.
The male was “apprehended by a peace officer without warrant” for mental health evaluation and transported by ambulance to Charlton Methodist Hospital.
He was subsequently released by the hospital.
The male has been identified as 29-year-old Kalon J. Horton.
This is an ongoing independent investigation; information will be released once it becomes available and as approved by the investigating agencies.
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