Tuesday morning, 40-year-old Bobby Norris decided to star in his own personal episode of Cops: Lubbock Edition. Police say he attacked a juvenile and a woman with a rifle—later clarified as a BB gun, because of course it was—and then tried to make his grand getaway in a skid steer. Yes, a skid steer. Because nothing screams “criminal mastermind” like a five-mile-per-hour construction vehicle chase.
According to court records, Norris allegedly smacked a juvenile across the face multiple times and even sent threatening texts calling him a “traitor.” During a FaceTime call, the kid’s uncle reportedly watched Norris hit the boy in real time—proving once again that in Lubbock, FaceTime isn’t just for family check-ins, it’s now courtroom evidence.
The woman involved told police Norris shoved her into a chair and hit her with the butt of his BB gun while making death threats. Meanwhile, the juveniles bolted from the house to flag down officers at the highway, probably wondering how their lives turned into a low-budget action movie.
Norris was finally arrested behind his house, still in the skid steer, and is now enjoying some time in the Lubbock County Detention Center on $40,000 bond.
Only in Lubbock: where a domestic assault, a BB gun, FaceTime witnesses, and a skid steer chase all come together before lunch.
