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Texas police make arrest in 2007 cold case slaying

FORT WORTH, Texas - Fort Worth police say they've made an arrest in a murder case from seven years ago.

Dredick Wayne Thomas, 36, is jailed and held on $75,000 bond on charges that tie him to the April 2007 shooting death of 21-year-old Clinton Miller.

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports investigators aren't saying how they've linked Thomas to Miller's slaying.

Miller was shot in the back while walking from a home. Police found him on the ground with three women trying to help him.

Witnesses had told officers they heard noises like gunshots and saw two men running from the home.

Thomas has a criminal record with that includes at least two prison terms.

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