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3 arrests made in 2022 Midland shooting

Abdias H. Rodriguez, Jose A. Gonzalez and Samuel A. Sanchez-Tena were arrested for murder and deadly conduct.

MIDLAND, Texas —

UPDATE: Midland County 1st Assistant District Attorney Timothy Flathers on Friday released new information on arrests resulting from a July 2022 shooting. 

According to Flathers, 23-year-old Abdias H. Rodriguez, 21-year-old Jose A. Gonzalez and 21-year-old Samuel A. Sanchez-Tena were arrested for their involvement in the incident.

Court records show that all three suspects were arrested for deadly conduct discharge firearm and murder. Sanchez-Tena was also arrested for driving while intoxicated. 

Rodriguez and Gonzalez were taken in on Monday, followed by Sanchez-Tena on Thursday. 

A fourth suspect, Marcelino Rodriguez, was initially arrested in July of 2022 for deadly conduct in relation to the Midland shooting. He was caught in Mobile, Alabama but later released.

Arrest reports show that he was arrested again on July 9, 2023 for deadly conduct and murder.

NewsWest 9 is working to get more information on what has happened since the shooting and what will happen going forward. We will update this story as more details are released.

For more details on the incident, see the original story from 2022 below.

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NewsWest 9 is learning new details about a Midland shooting on July 8, 2022.

An affidavit shows that at around 11:32 p.m., officers responded to a shots fired call at 104 S Terrell St.

Upon arrival, they learned that a man who was later identified as Marcelino Rodriguez was taken to a Stanton hospital, then transferred to Midland Memorial Hospital before he was released.

When officers spoke to Rodriguez, he said there was a fight over someone being kicked out of a graduation party.

When he heard gunshots and saw gun flashes coming from two different people, he said he emptied the magazine of his gun in their direction.

Rodriguez told officers he was unable to tell where all the bullets he fired went.

There was a call nearly two blocks away from the scene of the shooting for a home that had a bullet go through its ceiling and hit a couch.

There was also a metal building nearly half a block away from the scene that was hit by several bullets.

Rodriguez was arrested for deadly conduct the same month of the shooting. At last update, he was no longer listed in the Midland County jail.

The status of the other people involved in the incident is unknown, but at the time the investigation started, a spokesperson said one victim was pronounced dead at the scene from a gunshot wound and a second victim who was taken to MMH and later released.

This is all the information we have on the situation. We will update this story if more details are released.

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