BIG SPRING, Texas — One person is dead following a shooting in Big Spring.
Police responded to the area of 18th and Austin just after 9 p.m. on March 8 after calls came in about a gunshot victim.
Officers found a car pulled over and stopped on the side of the road. Casey Brackett, 29, was in the driver's seat. He had suffered from an apparent gunshot wound.
EMS was called to the scene and began treating Brackett before transporting him to Scenic Mountain Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.
Brackett later succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead.
Big Spring PD is actively investigating this incident as a murder.
Police identified Anselmo Vicente Rangel, 24, as a suspect and arrested him on March 16 at 4:40 p.m. He has been charged with murder.
Another man, Hayden McMurrin, 31, has also been charged with murder in connection to Brackett's death.
Police say McMurrin was already in the Howard County Jail after being arrested and charged on March 12 with tampering/fabricating physical evidence. This charge is also connected to the murder investigation.
Detectives are still investigating this case.
If have any information on this case, you are asked to submit a tip to CrimeStoppers by calling (432) 263-TIPS (8477) or visiting P3tips.com.
No further information is available at this time.