CRIME: A shooting that occurred on Wednesday, Nov. 19. At around 9:30 p.m. police and EMS were dispatched to a parking lot in the 2000 block of Sam Houston Drive in reference to a shooting victim. Upon arrival, emergency officials found a victim who had sustained three gun shot wounds.

Economic hard times could force some East Texas EMS services to be cut back in areas where they are desperately needed.

Shrinking call volumes and growing payment delinquencies are driving some emergency medical services to scale back ambulance service in some East Texas counties.