Suspects wanted for shooting that struck a baseball player at Spring Lake Park

Felony warrants for Kamauri Butler (17) for Aggravated Assault and Demarco Banks (20) for Deadly Conduct have been issued for the shooting that struck a baseball player at Spring Lake Park yesterday. Police say that they are the shooters.

If you know where either Kamauri Butler or Demarco Banks can be found, please call TTPD at 903-798-3876 or Texarkana Area Crime Stoppers at 903-793-STOP.

Police initially received several calls of shots fired on Lynda Street, which is in a neighborhood just west of Spring Lake Park.

Moments later, they received a 911 call that a baseball player at the park had collapsed and may have been shot.

Police were able to almost immediately determine that the two incidents were related, so as some officers were at the ball field rendering aid to the victim, other officers were on Lynda Street looking for any evidence or witnesses.

Those officers located several spent shell casings in the front yard of a residence there.

TTPD detectives and crime scene investigators responded to the house on Lynda and determined that the incident started as a disturbance there that lead to two men shooting at each other in front of the house.

One of those errant rounds travelled about 400 yards and struck the innocent victim at the ball field.

Both the Butler and Banks fled the area before officers got there, but police made arrests of three other men who were there after detectives obtained a search warrant for the house and several vehicles at the scene.

Officers arrested Yankeengea Smith (49) for Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Felon and two counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance (methamphetamine and Ecstasy pills), Nathan Moore (19) for Tampering with Evidence and Possession of Marijuana, and Marcell Beaver (19) for Possession of Marijuana.