A shooting occurred a block away from campus on Saturday afternoon.
The incident was between 17 year old Ethan Caballero and 18 year old Louis Barrientes, who was injured.
According to police, Caballero allegedly shot Barrientes in the abdomen when Barrientes opened the front door at approximately 3 p.m. He was flown to a Lubbock hospital and according to police he is expected to survive.
The police say that the shooting was a result of an earlier incident which took place in the parking lot of an Abuelos. Caballero drove to the victims house to confront him about a the relationship between the victim and Caballero’s girlfriend.
Barrientes called police after he was shot and Caballero was found at a restaurant, only a half a mile away from campus, in a maroon Chevy Impala along with Alexis Jones, 18, and the two were arrested.
There were two firearms and marijuana found in the car and according to police one of the firearms was stolen during a car burglary the day before.
Caballero was charged with aggravated assault, theft of a firearm and possession of marijuana; he also had two warrants for drug related charges. His bail was set to $126,750.
Jones was charged with possession of marijuana but was later released on a $750 bail.