Hobbs Man Accused Of Shooting Man In Stomach
By: Dylan Brooks
Updated: February 23, 2012
HOBBS, NM -- A Hobbs man is accused of shooting another man in the stomach.
Lea County Sheriff's deputies and a Hobbs Police SWAT team arrested Chris Webb at his home around 1:30 PM Wednesday.
Deputies say Webb, 35, shot Chris Mulling in the stomach at an Exxon gas station Wednesday. The incident happened on the Texas-New Mexico state line along U.S. 62/180 near Hobbs.
The two men were reportedly fighting over a woman before the shooting.
Mulling, 31, was recovering in a Lubbock hospital Thursday.
As of Thursday night, Webb was being held in the Lea County Detention Center on $13,000 bond.
Lea County Sheriff's deputies and a Hobbs Police SWAT team arrested Chris Webb at his home around 1:30 PM Wednesday.
Deputies say Webb, 35, shot Chris Mulling in the stomach at an Exxon gas station Wednesday. The incident happened on the Texas-New Mexico state line along U.S. 62/180 near Hobbs.
The two men were reportedly fighting over a woman before the shooting.
Mulling, 31, was recovering in a Lubbock hospital Thursday.
As of Thursday night, Webb was being held in the Lea County Detention Center on $13,000 bond.
