Youth held in killing of Arlington High student, 16, shot between apartment buildings
A 16-year-old boy was shot to death Thursday in the grass between buildings at an Arlington apartment complex, and police arrested another youth in the killing.
The victim was identified as Samuel Reynolds, of Arlington, by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office.
He was an Arlington High School student, Arlington Independent School District Superintendent Marcelo Cavazos said. School counselors were preparing to assist students Friday morning.
“The Arlington ISD asks that the community keep the family, classmates and teachers of this student in your thoughts,” Cavazos wrote on Facebook.
Reynolds was shot about 4:30 p.m. in the 900 block of Benge Drive, outside the apartment complex where he lived, police said. The apartments are near Arlington High School and the University of Texas at Arlington.
Reynolds was taken to Medical City Arlington hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 5:05 p.m.
Detectives later arrested the suspect, a boy whose name and age police declined to release because he is a juvenile. The motive for the shooting is under investigation, but police said they believe the suspect and victim knew each other. There apparently wasn’t a physical fight, but the two may have spoken to each other before the suspect shot the victim and then ran away, police said.
“This was an emotionally tough case for responding officers, investigators and medics,” Arlington Police Chief Will Johnson wrote in a tweet. “We will direct our attention to how a young teen suspect accessed a firearm used in the offense.”
Anyone with information on the killing should call Arlington Police Detective Grant Gildon at 817-459-5691, police said. A person with a tip can remain anonymous by calling Tarrant County Crime Stoppers at 817-469-TIPS.
Staff writer Jack Howland contributed to this report.
This story was originally published February 6, 2020 at 7:23 PM.
