On Friday night, May 10, Texarkana City Police officers chased a car for three miles after it was spotted following a city bus. The police shot out the tires and arrested a high school star athlete named C. J. Lauderdale, Jr. When the officers questioned the teen at the station, he explained that he did not know they were officers because they were driving an unmarked car. He said that he was following the bus because he was suspicious of an occupant who had entered from a private car. On Sunday, May 12, Captain Gonzaullas gave a warning to "teenage sleuths" in the "Gazette", saying, "it's a good way to get killed."