AFFIDAVIT: Stolen firearm led to Nacogdoches murder

NACOGDOCHES, Texas ( KETK ) – Arrest documents for a 23-year-old charged with murder depict a firearm robbery.

According to the Nacogdoches Police Department, officers responded at around 1:01 a.m. on Sep. 2 to Fulgham Street and found a shooting victim . The victim was taken to a local hospital where he later died.

23-year-old Jalen Boughton was arrested for murder and was taken to the Nacogdoches County Jail.

Boughton’s arrest papers say he reported being involved in the shooting to police and claimed to investigators that the victim took a firearm from his vehicle and took off running.

The documents said Boughton chased down the victim until he caught up with him and the victim appeared to make suspicious movements and that’s when Boughton shot him.

Investigators said they took Boughton into custody without incident.

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