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Texas Teen Charged in Friend’s Fatal Shooting After Dispute Over Fries

An affidavit citing multiple witnesses links the suspect to a single gunshot inside a Fort Worth apartment.

Overview

  • Lemarques Darden, 18, faces a murder charge in the Jan. 28 killing of 19-year-old Jarvis Davis in Fort Worth, according to police.
  • Officers found Davis with a gunshot wound to the head; he was transported to a hospital and was pronounced dead hours later.
  • Detectives say a disagreement over sharing Wingstop french fries between friends escalated into the shooting.
  • An affidavit says witnesses heard one shot, saw Darden holding a handgun, and watched him flee the apartment.
  • Darden was arrested and booked into the Tarrant County Corrections Center, with no bond listed in current jail records.