HELLO, EVERYBODY. I’M HEATHER HAYES, AND I’M STEVE EAGER. IT’S 9:00. FORT WORTH POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SERIES OF MURDERS THAT HAPPENED ACROSS THE CITY OVER THE WEEKEND. MANY OF THE VICTIMS WERE TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS.
THAT’S DOORBELL VIDEO CAPTURING THE SOUND OF GUNSHOTS FROM AN INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED LATE LAST NIGHT, ENDING WITH TWO PEOPLE DEAD, INCLUDING A 16 YEAR OLD. A TOTAL OF FIVE PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN LESS THAN 48 HOURS AT FOUR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN FORT WORTH. FOX FOUR’S PEYTON YEAGER LIVE IN FORT WORTH WITH MORE PEYTON STEEV FORT WORTH POLICE TELL ME, WHILE ALL THESE SHOOTINGS ARE NOT RELATED, ALL OF THE SHOOTINGS DID START WITH SOME SORT OF ARGUMENT OR ALTERCATION.
THE DEPARTMENT IS INCREASING PATROL IN EACH OF THESE FOUR NEIGHBORHOODS, WHILE ALSO TRYING TO CAPTURE STILL CAPTURE THE SUSPECTS. IN TWO OF THE FOUR CASES.
WE ARE OUT THERE, WE ARE WATCHING, AND WE WILL GET ALL THESE SUSPECTS AND BRING THEM INTO CUSTODY. IT WAS A VIOLENT FATHER’S DAY IN FORT WORTH. FIVE PEOPLE KILLED BY GUN VIOLENCE IN FOUR UNRELATED SHOOTINGS ACROSS THE CITY. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM 845 SUNDAY EVENING SHOWS A GROUP ARGUING OUTSIDE A HOME ON ASHVILLE LANE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CITY, FOLLOWED BY THE SOUND OF GUNFIRE. AND THEN THEY GOT IN HEATED DISCUSSIONS THAT LED UP TO THIS SHOOTING.
17 YEAR OLD MARK QUAVIOUS HUHNT NOW FACES A CAPITAL MURDER CHARGE. POLICE SAY HUHNT SHOT AND KILLED A 16 YEAR OLD AND A 25 YEAR OLD, AN ARREST WARRANT AFFIDAVIT SAYS THE TWO PEOPLE KILLED WERE FIGHTING OVER A RIFLE WHEN HUHNT OPENED FIRE ON BOTH USING A PISTOL. HOMICIDE DETECTIVES BUSY ON SUNDAY.
EARLIER, AROUND 3:30 A.M, 24 YEAR OLD JONATHAN MARTINEZ WAS ARRESTED FOR MURDER.
INVESTIGATORS WERE CALLED TO CONEJOS DRIVE FOR A DOMESTIC DISPUTE ACROSS TOWN. INVESTIGATORS WERE CALLED TO FOREST AVENUE JUST AFTER 9 A.M. SUNDAY. A VICTIM WAS FOUND IN A BACKYARD, AND FORT WORTH PD IS SEARCHING FOR AT LEAST ONE SUSPECT AFTER A PARTY TURNED DEADLY JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY, 19 YEAR OLD ANTHONY RANGEL SHOT AND KILLED AT A HOME OFF HOUSTON STREET ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CITY.
RANGEL’S GIRLFRIEND, TIERRA VARELA, WAS ALSO AT THE PARTY. TWO OF THE GIRLS STARTED ARGUING ABOUT ANOTHER GUY AT THE PARTY, AND POLICE BELIEVE ONE OF THE WOMEN CALLED SOMEONE. A GROUP ARRIVED AND SOMEONE PULLED OUT A GUN, FIRED MULTIPLE SHOTS AND THEN TOOK OFF. THREE IN TOTAL WERE SHOT. RANGEL LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL.
IT WAS SO SENSELESS, LIKE THEY COULD HAVE JUST GRABBED THE GIRLS AND WENT HOME, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN’T HAVE TO ARGUE OVER ANYTHING. I FEEL LIKE THAT’S THE ONLY THING THAT WILL BRING ME A LITTLE PEACE IS KNOWING THAT THEY THEY’RE CAUGHT. AND IN THAT HOUSTON STREET CASE AGAIN, NO ONE IS IN CUSTODY. POLICE ARE NOT RELEASING THE IDENTITY OF THE SUSPECT OR SUSPECTS. POLICE ARE STILL TRYING TO INTERVIEW EVERYONE WHO WAS AT THE PARTY.
IT’S UNCLEAR IF EVERYONE AT THE PARTY IS COOPERATING WITH INVESTIGATORS. THAT’S STILL PART.
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