Cops: Texas teen murder were looking to rob someone
IRVING, Texas -- Two suburban Dallas teenagers charged with capital murder allegedly admitted to police they had gone out Saturday morning to rob someone, when one of them shot and killed 45-year-old Maurice Crawford, reports CBS affiliate DFW.
According to the station, Miguel Angel Martinez, 17, and a 16-year-old suspect targeted Crawford, because he was sitting in his car in front of his home, investigators say.
"We just think it was completely random," Irving Police Sgt. James McLellan said. "They were walking down the sidewalk and they had seen him sitting in his car ... so it was just pure opportunity."
Demorius Ducking, 16, told police he ran outside when he heard his mother's fiancé and the two suspects fighting, says the station, and according to the arrest affidavit, the 16-year-old suspect, who was on the ground fighting with Crawford, told Martinez, "Shoot him." Which he allegedly did, killing Crawford, and shooting Ducking in the face.
Ducking's mother witnessed her son get shot, but says he will make a full recovery, according to the station.
Ducking is reportedly a sophomore at Nimitz High School and he recognized both of the suspects as being "schoolmates," according to police records. Irving ISD confirmed to the station that Martinez attends Singley Academy, a career-oriented high school in the district.