CLOVIS POLICE CHIEF DOUGLAS FORD SAYS THE 16 YEAR OLD SUSPECT IN MONDAY’S CLOVIS-CARVER LIBRARY SHOOTING, NATHANIEL JOUETT, HAD BEEN SUSPENDED FROM SCHOOL ON FRIDAY FOR FIGHTING BUT THEY’RE STILL TRYING TO DETERMINE A MOTIVE.
NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY ANDREA REEB SAYS IT HAS NOT YET BEEN DECIDED IF JOUETT WILL BE TRIED AS AN ADULT. SHE SAYS THEY INTEND TO FILE MOTIONS TO TRY JOUETT AS AN ADULT WHICH WILL MOVE IT INTO THE ADULT COURT UNTIL THEY AFTER THEY GO TO THE GRAND JURY NEXT FRIDAY. IF THE GRAND JURY INDICTS, REEB SAYS JOUETT WILL THEN BE ON THE ADULT TRACK.
THE TWO WOMEN KILLED HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 61 YEAR OLD WANDA WALTERS AND 48 YEAR OLD CHRISTINA CARTER, BOTH LIBRARY EMPLOYEES. FOUR OTHERS WERE INJURED AND ARE BEING TREATED AT A HOSPITAL IN LUBBOCK, TEXAS.
