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Chicken Wing Theft Leads to Arrest of Fatal Shooting Suspect

Chicken Wing Theft Leads to Arrest of Fatal Shooting Suspect
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The man linked to the shooting deaths of a 5-year-old child and teenage boy last week during an alleged drive-by shooting was arrested for allegedly stealing seven chicken wings while his alleged partner confessed to homicide detectives, according to court records.

Anthony Bell-Johnson, 21, faces a capital murder charge in connection to the August 28 shooting that took the lives of  Jamarrien Monroe, 17, and Rayschard Scott, 5, in the front yard of their home on Steel Dust Drive in Fort Worth.

Monroe had an 18-month-old son that was also injured in the shooting.

Detectives laid out how they solved the case in Bell-Johnson’s arrest warrant.

Surveillance video from neighbors showed a silver SUV parked nearby with several suspects, one armed with a white rifle, exiting the vehicle just before the shooting.

Homicide detectives compared notes and determined the rifle, which was distinctive in appearance, was similar to the one used in another capital murder case in June, in which a 14-year-old was identified as the suspect.

The detectives searched the teen’s house and allegedly found the white rifle and another assault rifle in his 16-year-old brother’s room.

Detectives searched the 16-year-old’s phone and discovered footage of him allegedly with the white rifle just two hours before the triple shooting.

The phone’s GPS showed the older teen was in the area of the shooting one hour before the incident, and then the GPS stopped recording his location. The teenage suspect was taken to the homicide office, where he confessed his involvement in the drive-by shooting, according to police.

The teen also identified Bell-Johnson as an accomplice in the drive-by shooting. At the same time the teen was confessing, Bell-Johnson was arrested at a Walmart on McCart Avenue for allegedly stealing chicken wings and having a prohibited weapon, the police report stated.

The detectives then reviewed data from city cameras and determined Bell-Johnson was driving a silver Chevy Equinox that had allegedly been reported stolen from a lot on Northeast 28th Street. The vehicle appeared to be the same SUV caught on camera in the drive-by shooting.

The keys to the vehicle were allegedly in Bell-Johnson’s pocket at the time of his arrest, according to the report.

Police did not publicly identify the 16-year-old because he is a juvenile, but he is believed to be in custody.

Bell-Johnson remains in the Tarrant County Jail on more than $750,000 bond. He denied being involved in the shooting.

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2 Comments

  1. Sam

    Lets punish them! No slap on the wrist or reduced sentintces

    Reply
  2. David Barnett

    why not use confiscated fentanyl as the drug of choice for executions. Save a lot of time and money !!!!!!!!!!!!

    Reply

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