A fatal shooting in East Lubbock on September 16, 2023, left 49-year-old Levone Ray Madden Jr. dead and a 63-year-old woman, Martha Maden, wounded. Officers responded about 7:30 p.m. to the 2600 block of Ivory Avenue and found Madden and Maden with gunshot injuries; both were taken to University Medical Center, where Madden died and Maden was treated for moderate injuries.

Investigators say Madden had been socializing that day with 67-year-old Phenix Burns Jr. An argument between the two men reportedly escalated into an exchange of gunfire; Burns left the scene but later arrived at the hospital in a private vehicle with moderate injuries. Burns was arrested and charged with tampering or fabricating evidence after admitting he hid both his and Madden’s firearms behind a dumpster and initially withheld their location. He later told investigators the weapons had been stolen from where he hid them. A Lubbock County grand jury indicted Burns on the tampering charge; no other arrests have been announced and the inquiry is ongoing.

Does anyone have information about the shooting on Ivory Avenue or about the events earlier that day?