Gregg County Murder Trial Delayed till June

GREGG COUNTY — An East Texas man’s trial for a 2015 fatal shooting has been delayed until June 27 at 9 a.m. According to KETK, the trial of Christian Sibley, 22, had been scheduled for Monday morning in the 188th Gregg County District Court. He is charged with murder. In February of 2015, Longview police responded to a shooting at an Exxon gas station on Estes Parkway. While at the scene of the shooting, Jerrad Hunt, 22, showed up at a Longview hospital with a gunshot wound. Hunt died from his injuries 20 days after the incident. Sibley was arrested on February 27, 2015 for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the shooting of Hunt. He posted bail on Monday, March 2, 2015.

Sibley was arrested again on March 25, 2015, when the aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge was upgraded to murder following Hunt’s death. He was released on $250,000 bond the same day. On Monday, April 27, 2015, Sibley was arrested and had his bond increased on a misdemeanor escape from custody charge and one county of unlawfully carrying a weapon stemming from a 2013 shooting incident in which Sibley, still handcuffed, ran away from officers as they were escorting him from a local hospital to a patrol car. Police caught up with Sibley shortly after his escape. His bond was increased to $20,000 for an escape from custody charge, up from the original $10,000 amount.