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Amarillo man out on bond for murder accused of shooting at occupied house

AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - More details are now available for an Amarillo murder suspect’s two new charges.

Yesterday, a Potter County grand jury indicted Lamar Tirson, 20, for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and deadly conduct.

The court documents say that, on Nov. 1, Tirson threatened six people with “imminent bodily injury and did use or exhibit deadly weapon...a firearm.”

The documents also say that Tirson fired the weapon “in the direction of the habitation” without regard to whether people were inside.

Police arrested him for the incident a week later and booked him into Potter County Detention Center.

District Judge Steven Denny revoked Tirson’s felony bonds in a recent hearing and jail records show he is in currently in custody.

Tirson is one of two males accused in the shooting death of 17-year-old Juan Angel Simental, Jr in March 2023.

His trial date is scheduled for February 2026.