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The Lubbock Police Department has reviewed the material concerning an incident many on social media claim to be a use of excessive force.

Just after 8 a.m. on Thursday, June 4th, officers responded to a head-on collision that happened on Marsha Sharp Freeway near West Loop 289.

The statement from LPD reads in part, "The officer’s command staff was immediately made aware of the incident, and the initial steps of reviewing the use of force began, per policy."

The Lubbock Police Department said on Thursday that it has taken the initial steps to review an incident that many on social media believe shows police brutality.

Thirty-year-old William Bernard Landry claimed that he was cleaning his gun when it went off by accident. Police say evidence tells a different story.

25-year-old Emmanuel Quinones, who brought a loaded semi-automatic rifle to a Lubbock protest on Saturday, May 30th has now been charged with making interstate threats.

The event was organized by The 100 Black Men of West Texas. Lubbock Lubbock Mayor Dan Pope and Police Chief Floyd Mitchell were among those who spoke to the crowd, with Mayor Pope speaking about a message of unity and peaceful protests.

The 100 Black Men of West Texas will be holding a march tonight in Lubbock to protest the recent actions of law enforcement across the U.S.

A car was pulled from a central Lubbock playa lake on Sunday, May 31st, and a body was recovered one day later.

A Lubbock man has been arrested for setting fire to an apartment complex in which two people have died.

Lubbock police were called to an organized protest on Saturday, May 30th after protesters grew concerned over an armed individual.

Forty-year-old Jason Fields, a man involved in a motorcycle crash on Tuesday, May 26th in Lubbock, has passed away.