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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby Sharelle B. McNair <\/a><\/p>\n February 17, 2026<\/p>\n As the surveillance footage and mugshots started to circulate across social media channels, comments started to fly in as well, labeling the boys as men due to their appearance.<\/p>\n A South Fort Worth, Texas, neighborhood is safe\u00a0after police arrested<\/a>\u00a0five teens alleged to recklessly fired guns at homes, resulting in terrifying 911 calls reporting bullets \u201cpassing by their heads,\u201d\u00a0CBS News\u00a0reports.\u00a0<\/p>\n Darius Chandler and Izac Villarreal, both 19, and Alfredo Jimenez, Draylon Williams, and Donavan Wright, all 18, face multiple charges, including two counts<\/a> of deadly conduct and one count of discharging a firearm in certain municipalities. The boys also face individual charges, such as one count each of unlawfully carrying a weapon for Chandler, Jimenez, and Williams. Jimenez with one count of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, and Wright and Villarreal, who faced one count of possession of marijuana.<\/p>\n The chaos erupted Feb. 8 when officers of the Fort Worth Police Department responded to multiple reports of people recklessly shooting firearms. According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, based on clear sur<\/a>veillance footage from the Real Time Crime Center (RTCC), officers were able to track the teens down using the license plate number of the suspects\u2019 vehicle.\u00a0<\/p>\n After conducting a \u201chigh-risk traffic stop,\u201d all five boys were arrested and had multiple guns seized. However, the arrest didn\u2019t go smoothly<\/a>. While one of the suspects tried to conceal his weapon by taking it out of his waistband and hiding it under the car seat, police also found marijuana inside a backpack. In a press release, the Fort Worth Department said, \u201cofficers determined that all five individuals were shooting in the direction of occupied houses beyond the fence line, demonstrating a reckless disregard for human life.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n As surveillance footage and mugshots began circulating on social media, comments followed. On Instagram, the boys were labeled as men due to their appearance. Teens? They look well over 35,\u201d @keemkarterr said on IG, while another said, \u201cthey look like they graduated high school 10 years ago.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n User @meleliz__<\/a> suggested they be shipped off to the military because of their youthful age. Another Instagram user blamed their looks on staying indoors during the COVID-19 pandemic. \u201cMaybe it\u2019s true what they say about the younger ones ..staying in the house too much is aging them .. dem Covid kids,\u201d\u00a0 @eva_rhymes said.<\/p>\n Chandler, Williams, Villarreal, and Wright have bonded out of the Tarrant County Jail while Jimenez remains behind bars on a $26,500 bond.<\/p>\n RELATED CONTENT: Minding Our Own Business: How Garveyism Imagined Pan-African Identity<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t