Texas musician Billy Joe Shaver wanted in bar shooting

Warrants issued for Billy Joe Shaver in bar shooting, attorney says:

Police have obtained arrest warrants for legendary Texas singer-songwriter Billy Joe Shaver in a shooting Saturday night outside a Lorena bar, his attorney says.

After the warrants were issued, Shaver unsuccessfully attempted to surrender to Austin police, said his Austin-based attorney, Joseph Turner, who accompanied Shaver to surrender Monday night. Turner said Austin police did not have a record of the warrants late Monday, so Shaver was not arrested.

Turner said Lorena Police Chief John Moran told him about the warrants, for aggravated assault and possessing a firearm in a prohibited place. Moran could not be reached to confirm the warrants late Monday.

Lorena police say the shooting occurred at 8:30 p.m. outside Papa Joe’s Texas Saloon, 1505 Interstate 35. Witnesses at the bar told the Tribune-Herald that the shooter took off in his car.