Police seek man on aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge
TEXARKANA, Texas — Police have an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon warrant for Joshua Williams.
Williams and another man allegedly attacked a man with a tire tool on the night of July 29 in the parking lot of the Valero convenience store on Richmond Road. The victim suffered a fractured skull and a broken hand from the attack.
The two suspects are outof-town contractors who have been working in the Texarkana area, according to the Texarkana Texas Police Department.
The victim was at the store trying to earn a little extra money by sweeping up the store’s parking lot.
When Detective Tabitha Smith got the surveillance video of the incident, she discovered that the two men lingered in the parking lot for over an hour harassing customers before this happened. They got into verbal altercations with several customers and a fight with one person before the assault happened. After they chased the victim inside the store, he went back outside and where they allegedly attacked him. The other suspect had the tire tool hidden inside his basketball shorts and pulled it out to hit the victim at least seven times while Williams held on to his shirt to keep him from running away. Williams also allegedly punched the victim several times during the assault.
Police believe Williams is still staying in a local hotel, but have not been able to find him so far.
The other suspect has already left Texarkana to go back to Monroe, Louisiana, and TTPD have asked the sheriff’s office there to help serve that warrant.
Anyone who knows where Williams might be is asked to call 903-798-3116.