A man and three teenagers were arrested this week after allegedly fatally shooting a man, injuring a woman and a dog and stealing two vehicles, according to an Arlington police news release.
Officers responded to a parking lot in the 4900 block of Little Road around 3 a.m. Sunday to investigate a shooting. They found a man slumped over in a parked vehicle with a gunshot wound, police said.
The man, identified as 34-year-old Juan Sosa, was taken to the hospital where he died Wednesday.
According to the news release, a 45-year-old woman was in the vehicle with Sosa when he was shot. Police said she was not injured and told officers they were in the vehicle when another car pulled up behind them.
Several men got out of the car, approached the vehicle Sosa and the woman were in, asked them to get out and then shot several times into the vehicle, hitting Sosa, police said. The suspects then got back in their car and drove away.
Through witness interviews and surveillance footage, officers determined the vehicle was a Honda Civic, the release said.
Shortly after 5 a.m., the suspect car and a Lincoln Town Car believed to be following it were seen in the 1600 block of Parkway Lane.
Officers attempted to stop the Honda, which continued driving, but the Lincoln stopped.
Humberto Barajas, 20, and a male teenager, whose name was not released because of his age, were at the Lincoln and were taken into custody after officers determined they were connected to the shooting, police said .
A short time later, the Honda crashed in the 2100 block of Browning Drive.
Police said officers located 17-year-old Angel Barajas at a nearby apartment complex. Investigators assumed he was a passenger in the Honda, which is why he was taken into custody.
The alleged driver of the Honda was identified as 17-year-old Ja'Tavies Jones. He was arrested Thursday in Arlington by members of the U.S. Marshals North Texas Fugitive Task Force.
Police believe all four suspects were involved in multiple crimes before Sunday's fatal shooting, including the theft of the Honda Civic in Dallas around 9:45 p.m. Saturday; a shooting around 1:30 a.m. Sunday at an apartment complex in the 2900 block of Deer Creek Drive that injured a 32-year-old woman and a dog; and theft of the Lincoln Town Car during an armed carjacking in Grand Prairie around 4:20 a.m. Sunday.
All four suspects face one count of murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in the shooting that killed Sosa, police said.
They each also face two additional counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, one count of aggravated robbery and another count of animal cruelty in the county.
The suspects in the Honda, Angel Barajas and Jones, also face charges of evading arrest.
At the time of his arrest, police said Humberto Barajas had a warrant out of Dallas County for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
