Suspect in deadly Chad Reed Lubbock shooting indicted on murder charge
A Lubbock man arrested in connection with a deadly shooting last month has been indicted by a grand jury on a murder charge.
Antoine Manahan, 36, was indicted by a Lubbock County grand jury on Tuesday - about two weeks after he was arrested in Arlington in connection with the July 11 shooting of 45-year-old Chad Reed. Manahan remained in the Lubbock County Detention Center as of Tuesday. His bond is set at $500,000. Avery White was also charged in the killing, and her bond was set at $250,000. Jail records did not show her booked as of Tuesday.
The two were arrested in the Metroplex and were held at the Tarrant County Jail while they await extradition to Lubbock. Jail records indicate Manahan was booked into the Lubbock jail on July 28.
They each face a charge of murder in connection with the shooting. The charge is a first-degree felony that carries a punishment of five years to life in prison.
Marijuana deal turns deadly
Shortly after their arrest, the Avalanche-Journal reported that court documents show a disagreement about a marijuana transaction may have resulted in the deadly shooting at an East Lubbock home.
The charge stems from a Lubbock Metropolitan Special Crimes Unit investigation that began after Lubbock police officers were dispatched to a shots fired call at a home in the 1900 block of East Auburn Street.
A witness told officers that a man was shot inside the home and the shooter fled the scene. Responding officers found Reed suffering from a gunshot wound, and he had died at the scene.
Investigators received information that the shooter was a Black man who went by the alias "Tweezy," a street name that was also associated with Manahan, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Security camera footage from neighboring homes showed what appeared to be a Black man run into a white 1997 Lexus passenger car about 10 minutes after the shooting.
The man on the video appeared to have a thin build, was bald and had multiple tattoos on both arms. Investigators believed the man on the video resembled Manahan.
The car could be seen driving in the area of the shooting multiple times in the minutes leading up to the shooting. The video showed the suspected shooter leave the vehicle in a black, "puffy" coat and a ski mask.
Meanwhile, officers with the Texas Anti-Gang unit found Manahan and White in a 1997 Lexus passenger car in the 3900 block of Idalou Road about an hour after the shooting.
Both agreed to speak with detectives and were interviewed separately.
Manahan reportedly told detectives he made several marijuana deliveries in the city earlier in the day. He also admitted to selling Reed marijuana within 24 hours of the shooting, the affidavit stated.
During her interview with detectives, it was determined White was being deceptive, the affidavit stated.
The two were released. However, investigators learned through a confidential informant that White had personal knowledge of the shooting, the record states.
White, who owned the Lexus, reportedly told the informant that she was with Manahan during the shooting and saw him enter Reed's home to confront him about a disagreement they had about a marijuana transaction.
The informant told detectives that White reportedly said Manahan returned to the vehicle with blood on his shoes, the affidavit stated.
Meanwhile, forensic investigators found a greasy substance in Reed's home that appeared to make a trail to the sidewalk and ended on an adjacent street to the west of the home. Investigators found a similar substance inside White's Lexus, the affidavit stated.
Detectives obtained a warrant for Manahan's arrest on July 12. Two days later, Lubbock police officials sought the public's held finding him.
A warrant for White's arrest was issued July 20.
This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Suspect in deadly Chad Reed Lubbock shooting indicted on murder charge
