SAN ANTONIO - A 21-year old Marine is being investigated after a witness says he was spotted leaving an event with a 13-year old girl from Gonzales County.
A girl at a Middle School in the Nixon-Smiley School District began texting and possibly talking with a Marine at some point during the second week of July.
According to the report, the girl was seen leaving the Texas Tech Student Union Building on July 11th and left with the Marine.
The witness followed them off campus, pulled them over, and removed the 13-year old girl from the Marine's vehicle.
The two then returned to campus and notified the Texas Tech police.
The Marine's name has not been released since he has not been arrested, but the US Marine Corps tell News 4 WOAI:
"We are aware of an alleged incident at Texas Tech University involving a Marine who was in a temporary duty status in Lubbock for approximately three weeks but has since returned to his parent command on the west coast."
The district attorney in Lubbock will decide whether or not to charge the Marine. We reached out to the superintended of school in the Nixon-Smiley School District but they did not acknowledge the incident or the investigation.
