A 17-year-old faces a murder charge after he allegedly shot and killed a man who got upset with him over firing off rounds in a Fort Worth neighborhood Sunday.
Maverik Parish is accused of fatally shooting 28-year-old Enrique Avila after Avila allegedly would not move away from the vehicle Parish and several others were in. The shooting happened around 2:14 a.m. in the 1900 block of East Long Avenue, according to Parish’s arrest warrant.
Parish was arrested Sunday after he and four others in the suspect vehicle were detained.
Detectives learned from witnesses and others in the suspect vehicle that prior to Avila‘s killing, Parish allegedly fired off several rounds in the area from inside a 2004 Black Ford Expedition.
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Avila was out walking when he heard the gunshots and saw them coming from the SUV, according to the arrest warrant.
Avila approached the SUV as it stopped at the intersection of East Long and Schwartz avenues. He yelled through an open window on the front right front passenger side where Parish sat, according to witnesses’ statements in the affidavit.
Witnesses in the vehicle told police that Avila was unarmed, talking with Parish, “throwing up gang signs,” and appeared intoxicated, according to the arrest warrant.
Avila was upset that Parish “had been firing a gun in his neighborhood,” witnesses in the vehicle told police. The SUV attempted to reverse and drive away, but Avila allegedly walked in front, causing the vehicle to stop.
Avila was going around the left corner of the Expedition when witnesses said Maverik stuck a tan pistol out the window and shot at Avila, causing him to fall into a grassy median, according to the arrest warrant.
The SUV sped off but later returned to see if Avila had actually been shot, according to the arrest warrant. The witnesses in the SUV told police they saw numerous emergency vehicles, did a U-turn and left again.
Officers at the scene noticed the Expedition leaving and later found the vehicle in the 900 block of North Nichols Street, police said.
Officers found a black pistol and a tan pistol inside the vehicle, police said. All five people in the Expedition were detained.
On Monday, Fort Worth police confirmed that Parish was booked into the Tarrant County jail. Police did not provide an immediate response on whether the four others in the vehicle with Parish were released or also face charges.