The Brief<\/p>\n
Three young males were arrested and charged with murder for the April 2 drive-by shooting death of 15-year-old Prince Washington.<\/p>\n
Suspects were arrested in Fort Worth and Collin County following a two-week investigation by local police and U.S. Marshals.<\/p>\n
The investigation remains active as detectives continue to work the case before it moves to the Tarrant County District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
FORT WORTH, Texas – Three young males have been arrested in connection with the drive-by shooting death of a 15-year-old boy earlier this month, Fort Worth police announced Friday.<\/p>\n
3 arrested in connection with teen death<\/p>\n
What we know<\/p>\n
The suspects, identified as Kamron Dominic Lampkin, 19; Cesar Andres Horton, 20; and Todaireyun Que\u2019Mar Clark, 17, face murder charges in the death of Prince Washington.<\/p>\n
The shooting happened around 1:30 a.m. on April 2 in the 6700 block of Glenbrook Lane in South Fort Worth. Officers arriving at the scene found the teenager shot inside a home. He was taken to a hospital where he died less than an hour later.<\/p>\n
Homicide detectives, working with the department\u2019s Observation and Surveillance Team, identified the three suspects following a two-week investigation. The Fort Worth Police Fugitive Unit and the U.S. Marshals Service Task Force tracked down and arrested the men; two were found in Collin County, while the third was arrested in Fort Worth.<\/p>\n
What they’re saying<\/p>\n
“Gun violence can leave a lasting impact on families, neighborhoods, and our entire community,” the department said in a statement. “Every trigger pulled carries consequences that can never be taken back.”<\/p>\n
Police had initially investigated the incident as a drive-by shooting. While the arrests have been made, officials noted that the investigation remains active and emphasized the importance of community cooperation in addressing gun violence.<\/p>\n
What’s next<\/p>\n
All three suspects have been booked into jail, and the case will be turned over to the Tarrant County District Attorney\u2019s Office for prosecution.<\/p>\n
The Source<\/p>\n
Information in this article is from the Fort Worth Police Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Three young males were arrested and charged with murder for the April 2 drive-by shooting death…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[96737,960,697,116,118,117,3737,31509,96738,96739,96736,8062],"class_list":{"0":"post-257345","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-cesar-andres-horton","9":"tag-collin-county","10":"tag-drive-by-shooting","11":"tag-fort-worth","12":"tag-fort-worth-headlines","13":"tag-fort-worth-news","14":"tag-fort-worth-police","15":"tag-homicide-detectives","16":"tag-kamron-dominic-lampkin","17":"tag-prince-washington","18":"tag-tarrant-county-district-attorneys-office","19":"tag-u-s-marshals"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}