Shaun Lucas’s net worth, biography, fact, career, awards and life story

Shaun Lucas Wiki – Shaun Lucas Biography

Shaun Lucas is a police officer in Wolfe City, Texas, who has been charged with murder in the shooting of Jonathan Price. The 31-year-old Price was shot and killed by Lucas, 22, on Saturday, October 3, after Price intervened in a domestic fight between a man and a woman at a gas station in the small northeast Texas city, his family says.

Lucas is one of only three police officers working for the. tiny Wolfe City Police Department. The other two officers are the city’s police chief, Matthew Martin, and Sergeant Jarred Hayes. It is not clear how long the 22-year-old Lucas has worked for the Wolfe City Police Department. Details about his personnel record while on the force have also not been released and it is not clear if he has previously faced complaints or been involved in use-of-force incidents.

Unlike Price, Lucas is not well known in the small town of Wolfe City, according to social media posts from residents. Lucas did not grow up in Wolfe City. Jail records show he lives in Greenville, Texas, about 20 miles away from where the shooting occurred. Public records show he has lived there since 2018.

Lucas has previously lived in Lone Oak, Forney, Corpus Christi and Rockwall, Texas, according to public records. He lived in Rockwall from 2007 to 2016.

Martin has not commented about the shooting, but Merritt told CBS DFW he talked to the chief, who told him he saw video of the shooting and “wasn’t happy with what he saw.”

Shaun Lucas Age

Shaun Lucas is 22 years old.

Victim Family

According to the press release from the Texas Department of Public Safety, Lucas responded about 8:24 p.m. to a “disturbance call” in the 100 block of Santa Fe Street for a “possible fight in progress.” Witnesses have said the shooting occurred at the Exxon gas station and Kwik Chek convenience store.

The Texas Rangers said in the statement, “Lucas made contact with a man, later identified as 31-year-old Jonathan Price, who was reportedly involved in the disturbance. Officer Lucas attempted to detain Price, who resisted in a non-threatening posture and began walking away. Officer Lucas deployed his Taser, followed by discharging his service weapon striking Price. EMS was notified and PRice was transported to Hunt Regional Hospital, where he later died.”

According to the press release, “The preliminary investigation indicates that the actions of Officer Lucas were not objectionably reasonable.” Police said the investigation led to the murder charge. “No additional information is being released at this time.” It is not known if the shooting was recorded on video, either surveillance video at the gas station or by police dashboard cam or body cam.

Merritt, the attorney working with Price’s family, said on Facebook on Sunday that Price, “noticed a man assaulting a woman and he intervened. When police arrived, I’m told, he raised his hands and attempted to explain what was going on. Police fired tasers at him and when his body convulsed from the electrical current, they ‘perceived a threat’ and shot him to death.”

According to eParisExtra News, Price was shot in the chest. His mother, Marcella Louis, told WFAA she went to the scene after being called about the shooting.

“And they wouldn’t let me get close to my baby. I just wanted to hold his hand and they wouldn’t let me do that. I just wanted to crawl over there to him,” she told WFAA, adding she wasn’t surprised her son had intervened in a fight. “That’s what he always did, tried to help others. I taught him that all the years.”

Suspect

Lucas is being held at the Hunt County Detention Center on $1 million bail after being booked into the jail Monday night, October 5. It is not clear when Lucas is scheduled to appear in court for the first time.

It is not also clear if he has hired an attorney who could comment on his behalf and he could not be reached for comment by Heavy prior to his arrest.

Online records show Lucas has had four prior run-ins with the law. In June 2018, Lucas was stopped in Hunt County and issued a misdemeanor for use of window reducing matter on windows (glass coating material) and paid a fine. In January 2016, he was charged with speeding above 85 mph in a 65 mph zone in Rockwall, Texas, and was fined $227. He was also cited in Rockwall in February 2016 for another misdemeanor, violating a driver’s license restriction, and was fined $177. In July 2017 he was cited again with a misdemeanor in Rockwall for speeding and again paid a $227 fine.

Price’s father, Junior Price, spoke out at a vigil Monday night before Lucas’ arrest, according to CBS DFW, and said, “I want to see what the man gets… what he has coming to him for killing my son.”

Investigation Report

Lucas has been charged with murder and faces 5 to 99 years in prison if convicted.

According to the Department of Public Safety press release, “The investigation is being conducted by the Texas Rangers, with the cooperation of the Wolfe City Police Department and the Hunt County District Attorney’s Office.”

The Texas Rangers have investigated other high-profile cases involving police shootings in Texas in recent years. The Rangers led the investigation into the shooting of Botham Jean, a Dallas man who was killed in his own apartment by off-duty Dallas police officer Amber Guyger in 2018. Guyger, Jean’s neighbor, was found guilty of murder and was sentenced to 10 years in prison in October 2019. She will be eligible for parole after serving 5 years.

Another Dallas-area officer, Roy Oliver, who worked for the Balch Springs Police Department, was charged with murder in the April 2017 shooting of Jordan Edwards, a 15-year-old boy who was killed by Oliver when the officer responded to a loud party. Oliver was found guilty of murder in 2018 and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

The shooting was investigated by the Texas Rangers, a statewide police agency and part of the state’s Department of Public Safety, and Lucas was charged with murder on October 5, according to a press release from the DPS obtained by Heavy.

Lee Merritt, an attorney who is working with Price’s family, said on Twitter after Lucas’ arrest, “This didn’t happen quickly. It should happened the day he murdered JP. John should still be here. This is step one. Let’s see it through to justice.”

Price, a Wolfe City native, former high school sports star and a city public works employee who also ran his own personal training business, was beloved in the community, according to his family and friends. He has received an outpouring of support on social media and at a vigil held Monday night before Lucas’ arrest, with many calling for justice for Price.

“In Wolfe City, he was known as a hometown hero. Motivational speaker, trainer, professional athlete and community advocate— he was dearly loved by so many,” Merritt said on Facebook about Price. Wolfe City is is home to about 1,400 people and is located about 15 miles north of Commerce, Texas, and about 70 miles north of Dallas. City and police department officials have not commented beyond a brief statement saying the Texas Rangers were investigating and the officer, now identified as Lucas, had been placed on administrative leave.

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