July 7, 2025 - Timpson was the scene of back-to-back shooting incidents over the weekend with one incident known to have resulted in a fatality and the condition of the other still unknown as one individual who was reported to have been shot was taken to an area hospital.
Emergency responders, including the Timpson Volunteer Ambulance Service, were directed to the car wash located at Bink’s Quick Stop when it was reported a shooting had occurred on Saturday, July 5, 2025, sometime around 9pm.
Shelby County Sheriff’s Department personnel investigated the incident and they were accompanied by District Attorney Karren Price, Texas Ranger Jim Hicks and Precinct 4 Constable Taylor Fanguy.
The area of the car wash was cordoned off during the investigation to protect possible evidence and it appeared the focus of the investigators attention was drawn to two pickup trucks at the car wash bays.
The identity of the fatally wounded individual in this incident has not yet been made public. Tracy Broadway, Justice of the Peace for Precinct 5, conducted an inquest. The body of the victim was transported from the scene by Mangum Funeral Home and an autopsy was ordered to be performed in Dallas.
According to Shelby County Jail booking information Jarrod Dukes, 40, of Lufkin has been arrested and charged with murder, felony 1.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Park located on Park Street in Timpson was the location of another shooting incident on Sunday, July 6, 2025, sometime before 9:40pm. The park was the location of a party which had a large group of attendees.
Timpson Volunteer Ambulance Service was requested to the scene of the shooting on the baseball field; however, they were turned back after the individual who had been shot was transported by private vehicle to a hospital in Nacogdoches. Shelby County Sheriff's Deputies responded to the scene and Texas Department of Public Safety State Troopers also assisted.
Investigators appeared mostly focused on the baseball field and nearby parking area, which were cordoned off to protect possible evidence.
Just following the incident, two vehicles fled from the scene. One was a black passenger car and the other was a white Dodge pickup truck that officers were able to stop before it left the park.
That vehicle was later towed, and it’s not yet been made public what connection the pickup truck, or its occupants, may have had with the incident.
More details will be updated on both of these incident once it’s made available.
