Overview
- Arlington police arrested Rontrell Jackson, 21, and charged him with one count of murder after what investigators describe as a confession.
- Detectives say he shot his 68-year-old grandmother inside her apartment Friday morning and dragged her body to the patio.
- A family member found the woman unresponsive on the patio around 4:40 p.m., and paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene.
- Investigators report the killing followed a heated argument after she withheld his allowance money.
- Officers recovered a firearm believed to be the weapon from the apartment, and Jackson was booked into the city jail pending transfer to the Tarrant County Jail as the medical examiner has yet to release her identity.