The man wanted in connection with the shooting of a juvenile on October 18 outside Rodeo Disko in Lufkin was arrested Wednesday afternoon (Nov 5) by Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s deputies on unrelated charges.

Lufkin Police detectives expect to file charges on Luis Gerardo Morales-Ramirez, 39, for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on Thursday.

Lufkin detectives responded around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday to an area in Nacogdoches County where they observed a pickup truck matching the description of the suspect vehicle in the shooting that occurred in the 700 block of South Timberland.

The Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s Office was notified and responded. While waiting for a search warrant for the vehicle, deputies were notified that Morales was inside the residence where the vehicle was loc

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