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Fort Worth Teen Arrested in Fatal Apartment Shooting of 16-Year-Old Jaydon Jones

A judge ordered the 16-year-old held in juvenile detention pending a manslaughter probe.

Overview

  • The shooting, which unfolded Sunday evening at an apartment on South Hulen Street, left 16-year-old Jaydon Jones dead at the scene.
  • Police detained a 16-year-old at the apartment and later arrested him on suspicion of manslaughter.
  • At a Monday detention hearing, state district Judge Alex Kim ordered the teen held in the county’s juvenile facility.
  • The teen told authorities he and Jones had been playing with a pistol all day, and investigators say the round was fired inside the building.
  • Homicide detectives are still determining how the shooting happened and who owned the gun, while police urge tips and stress safe storage to keep firearms from kids.