Fort Worth bar robbery turns deadly; suspect arrested

ON AIR AND ONLINE. SEAN. THANK YOU. OKAY. DESCRIPTIONS PROVIDED BY WITNESSES HELPED POLICE TRACK DOWN A MAN THEY SAY SHOT AND KILLED A CUSTOMER IN A FORT WORTH BAR.

POLICE SAY DANE GRAHAM TRIED TO ROB THAT BAR. AND WHEN A CUSTOMER TRIED TO INTERVENE, HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED. FOX FOUR’S DIONNE ANGLIN HAS MORE ON WHAT HAPPENED AND HOW THE SUSPECT WAS CAUGHT. DION. HI THERE.

HEATHER. THAT’S RIGHT. THE CAPITAL MURDER SUSPECT IS A MAN POLICE SAY WAS OUT OF JAIL ON BOND FOR A SEPARATE CRIMINAL OFFENSE. RELIABLE DETAILS FROM WITNESSES ON SCENE. SO EVERYTHING WORKED OUT IN ORDER TO APPREHEND THE SUSPECT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

40 YEAR OLD DANE ANDRE GRAHAM IS CHARGED WITH CAPITAL MURDER. POLICE SAY HE SHOT AND KILLED A PATRON HERE AT THE SOUTH CHERRY LANE STREET BAR WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO ROB THE PLACE. THE DESCRIPTION, THE STATEMENTS, ALL THAT HELP THE INVESTIGATORS TO, IN A WAY, PINPOINT THE SUSPECT. POLICE SAY GRAHAM ON AUGUST 8TH, AROUND 3 A.M, STORMED THE YELLOW ROSE SALOON, ENTERING THROUGH A BACK DOOR.

INVESTIGATORS SAY GRAHAM WAS CARRYING A RIFLE INSIDE A LIGHT COLORED DUFFEL BAG. THEY SAY HE WENT BEHIND THE BAR AND DEMANDED MONEY, AND A BARTENDER RESISTED AND REFUSED TO HAND OVER CASH. THAT’S WHEN THE VICTIM, YOU KNOW, MORE LIKELY DEFENDING HIMSELF AND OTHERS, YOU KNOW, USES A BAR STOOL TO DEFEND HIMSELF. POLICE SAY GRAHAM SHOT THE VICTIM, ANTHONY AGUIRRE, ONCE IN THE NECK, KILLING HIM. GRAHAM THEN FLED ON FOOT.

DETECTIVES SAY WITNESSES DESCRIBED A GRAY SEDAN THE SUSPECT WAS DRIVING. EVEN THE SHOES HE WAS WEARING. THEN QUICK POLICE WORK PAID OFF, THE ARREST WARRANT AFFIDAVIT SAYS A GRAY SEDAN TURNED INTO THE LAQUINTA MOTEL SHORTLY AFTER THE MURDER. THE LA QUINTA AND THE MURDER SCENE ARE LESS THAN A MILE APART.

INVESTIGATORS DISCOVERED THE VEHICLE AT THE LA QUINTA INN.

ALSO, MORE WITNESSES THAN THE SUSPECT, GRAHAM HIMSELF, AS THEY ARE TALKING TO ANOTHER WITNESSES THAT SAID, YEAH, SOMEONE LEFT THE CAR THERE. THE SUSPECT APPROACHES THE VEHICLE. SO THAT’S WHEN THE OFFICERS SAY, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE YOU? AND WE WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU. ACCORDING TO THE AFFIDAVIT, THE OFFICER LOOKED INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND SAW THE SAME BLUE AND WHITE HIGH TOP SHOES USED IN THE OFFENSE.

THE SHOES WERE ON THE FRONT PASSENGER FLOORBOARD. DURING THAT QUESTIONING, POLICE SAY GRAHAM DENIED OWNING A RIFLE BUT WAS CARRYING A LIGHT COLORED BAG THAT CONTAINED AN AR 15 MAGAZINE. I DON’T KNOW WHAT HE WAS THINKING, BUT AT THAT POINT, ANYONE APPROACHING THAT VEHICLE WAS EITHER A SUSPECT OR A PERSON OF INTEREST. NOW, GRAHAM’S CRIMINAL HISTORY INCLUDES BURGLARY, DRUG POSSESSION, UNLAWFULLY CARRYING A WEAPON AND RESISTING ARREST. POLICE SAY AT THE TIME OF THE MURDER LAST WEEK, HE WAS OUT OF JAIL ON BOND AFTER BEING ARRESTED FOR UNAUTHORIZED USE

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