Murder suspect faces a new stalking charge
TC plans on still requiring masks on campus
TEXARKANA, Texas — A 20-year-old man accused of committing murder in January in Texarkana, Texas, is facing a charge of felony stalking for alleged misconduct last year with a former girlfriend in Texarkana, Arkansas.
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Jujuan Thompson was quickly identified as the suspect in a daytime shooting Jan. 12 in the parking lot of Oaklawn Village shopping center in Texarkana, Texas, which left 29-year-old Nichlos Muldrow dead. Video surveillance and witness statements were used by Texarkana, Texas, police in the case, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Thompson allegedly drove a black Nissan SUV to the parking lot of Harbor Freight where he met with Muldrow, who was driving a Cadillac. The two men allegedly argued inside the Cadillac and witnesses reported hearing two shots before seeing Thompson run from the Cadillac with a suitcase to his SUV.
The suitcase was allegedly found empty at the scene.
Muldrow, who was shot in the chest and leg, attempted to drive north through a Whataburger parking lot but apparently lost consciousness before the Cadillac came to rest against a tree. Muldrow succumbed to his wounds at a local hospital.
In the days after the shooting, Thompson was added to Texas’ 10 most wanted list. He was taken into custody Feb. 23 at a relative’s home in Texarkana, Texas.
TEXARKANA, Texas — With school districts and colleges in Texas shuffling to adjust after Gov. Greg Abbott’s ending of the statewide mask mandate starting March 10, Texarkana College communications said they with continue their current policies of masking and screening.
“At this time, TC has no plans to change the current campus protocols including screening and wearing of masks,” According to a statement. “Although Executive Order GA-34 rescinds the statewide mandate for wearing masks and building capacity restrictions, item four allows businesses and other establishments to continue to enforce additional safety protocols.”
TC will continue to monitor the COVID-19 positivity rate for the area, and once vaccinations become readily available to the general public, they may consider adjustments at that time.
Other higher education institutions here, like Texas A&M University-Texarkana, are keeping guidelines the same until March 10, when they will then look to make a long-term decision.
Public schools
Local school districts in Texas are awaiting guidance from the Texas Education Agency on how to handle the situation, while continuing the same mask protocols.
“According to TEA, we should know something this week,” Liberty-Eylau ISD Superintendent Ronnie Thompson told his staff Wednesday. “Until we do, nothing will change as far as our safety protocols.”
Abbot said in his press conference that he would expect the TEA to leave the decision-making up to the districts on how to handle campus-specific guidelines, as it did last summer.
If most districts in the area do decide to roll back mask policies, it will be soon after teachers were deemed eligible for the COVID vaccine by the Texas Department of State Health Services on Wednesday.
(Check back for new information as masking policies for individual school districts is released.)