AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH DEADLY WEAPON - Lavar T. Mower

EL PASO, TX – On November 2, 2023, El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Deputies assigned to the Northwest Patrol Station were dispatched to the 7600 block of De Alva in reference to a subject with a gun. Upon arrival, deputies met with the victim, who advised them while he was outside at the front of his residence, a subject showed up and pointed a rifle directly at him. The victim stated he feared for his life by the subject’s actions and believed the subject acted in this manner because of their relationship with a person in common.  After the on-scene investigation, Deputies were able to make contact with the identified male subject, who was taken into custody. The subject appeared to be highly intoxicated and was later identified as 70-year-old Lavar T. Mower.  Northwest Patrol Station detectives were requested to assist, and a search warrant was obtained, which yielded to the recovery of the weapon used by Mower in the commission of the crime. Mower was arrested and charged with Aggravated Assault with Deadly Weapon. Subsequently, Mower was processed and confined in the El Paso County Jail. Mower’s bond has been set at $10,000.