Homicide suspect allegedly "blacked out," "harmed roommate" before leading Fort Worth police on chase, affidavit says
A homicide investigation that led to a police chase ended in Hurst late Monday night with the arrest of a man who allegedly said he "blacked out" and "killed his girlfriend," the affidavit states.
According to the Fort Worth Police Department, officers were called to a home along the 6300 block of Stockton Drive in Fort Worth at 6:14 p.m. Monday for an investigation.
According to the arrest affidavit, the caller said that a man he knew, later identified as 30-year-old Dylan Mclean Jones, said he "blacked out and believes he harmed his roommate."
When officers arrived at the home on Stockton Drive, they were told that Jones "showed up to their residence stating that he killed his girlfriend" before leaving the location.
As officers were at the home on Stockton Drive, the suspect was seen driving by in the victim's vehicle.
A FWPD spokesperson said officers tried to stop Jones, but he took off, leading them on a high-speed chase lasting nearly 40 minutes.
Police said Jones fled from more than 20 marked police cars with emergency lights and sirens activated, ignoring stop signs and traffic lights, driving on the wrong side of the road and onto the shoulder of the freeway to pass other vehicles, reaching up to 90 mph in a 40 mph zone.
Jones was later taken into custody near a Lowe's parking lot at 770 Grapevine Hwy. in Hurst after police disabled Mclean's vehicle with a tire deflation device.
Jones had a firearm in his possession when he was taken into custody, the arrest affidavit states.
During the chase, FWPD also searched Jones' home on Ipswich Avenue and found a woman with a gunshot wound dead inside. She was identified by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office as 28-year-old Ariel Levy. During their search of the home, officers found a shell casing near the victim that matched the caliber of weapon Jones had in his possession when he was taken into custody.
Jones did not provide detectives any additional details, the affidavit states; however, detectives "observed what appeared to be dried blood" under Jones' fingernails.
Police have not confirmed any other details about the relationship between Jones and Levy.
Fort Worth police said he has been charged with murder and could face other charges.
