Overview
- Police arrested 18-year-old Jayden Garcia on murder and aggravated-assault charges after an investigation into the March 1 shooting that killed 19-year-old Marine Lyndon Clay.
- Investigators say the Fort Worth police firearms lab matched a metal-jacketed bullet recovered at Clay’s autopsy to a 9mm Glock recovered from Garcia’s home.
- A tip to Crimestoppers on April 20 said Garcia had been boasting about the killing and claimed he 'unloaded two full magazines' into the victim, information cited in the arrest-warrant affidavit.
- Surveillance video showed a fight inside the after-hours warehouse that spilled into the parking lot where shots were fired, and officers recovered more than 100 spent casings of multiple calibers at the scene; one other person was wounded and survived.
- Clay’s family has sought support online and Garcia is being held in Tarrant County Jail on a $500,000 bond as prosecutors move forward with pretrial proceedings and forensic evidence is prepared for court, a development that could increase scrutiny of large informal gatherings and scene policing.