2nd arrest made in October slaying of 22-year-old in Dallas

A second particular person has been arrested in reference to the deadly capturing of a 22-year-old man in Dallas final 12 months.

Omar Varela Jr., 23, was arrested Could 9 on a homicide cost within the slaying of Keyviontay Winston. Attorneys listed for Varela in court docket data didn’t instantly return a request for remark.

In March, 22-year-old Laquentis Jermond Washington-Curley Jr. additionally was arrested on a homicide cost in reference to the case.

The night of Oct. 13, officers had been known as to a capturing within the 8000 block of Army Parkway in Nice Grove and located Winston with a number of gunshot wounds. He died at a hospital.

A witness informed investigators that that they had gone to the world with Winston to satisfy somebody. Once they arrived, Winston used the particular person’s cellphone to name Washington-Curley, police wrote in an arrest-warrant affidavit.

After Winston bought out of the automobile to satisfy with Washington-Curley, the witness heard a number of gunshots, bought out of the automobile and located Winston had been struck, the affidavit says.

A second witness informed police a couple of message Washington-Curley despatched on social media that mentioned Winston tried to take his gun, in response to police.

Throughout an interview with a detective, Washington-Curley mentioned he had gone to that location with Varela to satisfy Winston for a drug deal. When Washington-Curley was displaying Winston the medication, Winston tried to take his gun, police mentioned within the affidavit.

Washington-Curley informed the detective that he shot Winston throughout a battle and that Varela opened hearth as nicely, police allege.

Washington-Curley mentioned he and Varela drove away and threw the gun within the Trinity River later, police wrote within the affidavit.

Varela is being held within the Dallas County jail. Information present he’s additionally going through 4 fees of aggravated assault in Dallas County and a rely of cash laundering out of Dallam County. His bail is ready at $1.81 million.

Washington-Curley stays within the Dallas County jail and is being held on greater than a dozen different fees, together with aggravated assault, lethal conduct and drug possession. His whole bail is $1.71 million.

The aggravated assault fees the boys face stem from the capturing that killed Winston. Police wrote in an affidavit that a number of bullets went into a close-by condominium the place a 37-year-old girl was along with her three kids, ages 3, 10 and 12. None of them had been injured.