Man shot, killed other man in Grand Prairie during dispute, police say
Two men were involved in a dispute in Grand Prairie on Wednesday night that ended with one of them fatally shooting the other, police announced.
Todd Brookes, 44, was pronounced dead at a hospital, the department said in a news release.
Cain Garcia, 27, was arrested later that night on a murder charge.
Officers responded to the shooting in the 1600 block of North Bent Tree Trail around 9:15 p.m. Wednesday, according to the release. They found Brookes lying in the roadway with an apparent gunshot wound, police said. He was transported to a hospital.
The officers found Garcia at a nearby residence, police said.
They determined the two knew each other, police said, and had been involved in a dispute when the suspect shot the victim.
Garcia is being held in the Grand Prairie Detention Center, police said.
It was the second homicide in Grand Prairie this week.
On Tuesday, about 2:10 a.m., the Grand Prairie Police Department responded to a local hospital on another shooting investigation, police said in a news release. The victim, identified as Chris Palma, 18, was brought to the hospital by an acquaintance after being shot at a residence in the 1900 block of South State Highway 161. Palma was later pronounced dead.
Detectives determined Palma and the suspect, Michael DeLeon, 19, were involved in an argument when DeLeon shot Palma. The two knew each other, police said, but no motive for the shooting has been released.
DeLeon was arrested on a murder charge, police said.
This story was originally published April 9, 2021 at 2:25 PM.
