Well, Lubbock, we’ve done it again. While most of the city was safely tucked away dreaming of a world without dirt storms, the South Lubbock 3:00 a.m. enthusiast club was out in full force. At 3:41 a.m. on Friday—a time when literally nothing good has ever happened in the history of this zip code—the Lubbock Police Department was called to the 3000 block of 98th Street to investigate a “body that was possibly hit by a vehicle.”
Spoiler alert: He was. The LPD confirmed that 51-year-old Shawn Bowen was indeed struck by a car and was pronounced dead at the scene, which is Lubbock-speak for “the potholes weren’t the only thing hitting the pavement this morning.” It takes a special kind of Hub City magic for a suburban street at four in the morning to become a Metropolitan Special Crimes Unit scene, but here we are.
The police have graciously informed us that they’ve already identified a suspect. Naturally, in true Lubbock fashion, they haven’t actually arrested anyone yet. Because why rush into things like “justice” or “consequences” when you can just keep the investigation “ongoing” while the rest of us try to navigate around the orange cones and crime tape on our way to get a breakfast burrito?
It’s heartening to know that even in the quiet, “nice” parts of South Lubbock, you can’t walk the streets at 3 a.m. without becoming a lead story on the morning news. Stay classy, LBK—and maybe try looking both ways before you step into the path of a suspect who is currently enjoying their freedom.
https://www.kcbd.com/2026/03/20/police-investigating-death-man-struck-by-vehicle-south-lubbock/
