Potter County Shooting Indictment

Three men accused of a downtown Amarillo shooting have been indicted by a Potter County Grand Jury.

Kuol Wek Deng Akol, Kual Makuc, and Alau Akot Maduak were indicted for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and deadly conduct, for the  September 10, 2023 incident at the corner of Polk and SE 7th.

Video from a nearby business shows the suspects firing weapons across the intersection. 

A man and a woman were shot.

One of them was taken to the hospital via a private vehicle, while police administered CPR on the other; both victims survived.

After the shooting, both suspects left the scene in a Dodge Nitro, which was later found in Cactus, Texas.

Police say they found 25 shell casings from multiple guns at the scene.

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