A suspect has been charged in the September shooting death of Laura Ashley.
According to Amarillo Police, David Lee Winfield, 18, has been charged with the death of Ashley stemming from a September 6th shooting in the area of Northwest 15th Avenue and North Monroe Street. Winfield had already been booked into the Potter County Jail on September 30 for four shootings in Eastridge and is still incarcerated. The September shooting will be added to his charges.
Ashley was shot on September 6 while driving eastbound on Northwest 15th Street in her 2017 Dodge Journey, authorities said. Ashley had left Church’s Chicken at 200 Amarillo Boulevard East at 8:38pm that night and while her route home was unknown, Ashley was just one block from her home when she was killed.
APD’s Homicide and Violent Crimes Units are continuing to investigate these incidents.