Crime

Police release suspect names in Grapevine gunfire exchange in which three were shot

Police on Thursday released the names of two suspects arrested in connection with a shooting in which men in two cars exchanged gunfire in a store parking lot in Grapevine.

Bryan Melendez, 18, of Grapevine, was among the shooting victims. He was released from a hospital in the hours after he was shot on Tuesday, and police have booked him on suspicion of aggravated robbery and possession of 4 ounces to 5 pounds of marijuana.

Melendez and two other men, who remained at a hospital on Thursday, were shot outside a 7-Eleven in the 3500 block of Grapevine Mills Boulevard, Grapevine police said.

About 45 minutes later, Terrell Reed, 21, of Grand Prairie, approached a DFW Airport police officer at a gas station and said that the passenger in his car had been shot. Police booked Reed on suspicion of aggravated assault with serious bodily injury.

Emerson Clarridge
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Emerson Clarridge covers crime and other breaking news for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He works days and reports on law enforcement affairs in Tarrant County. He previously was a reporter at the Omaha World-Herald and the Observer-Dispatch in Utica, New York.
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