Murder suspect arrested, accusing of strangling man near downtown Fort Worth, police say
A suspect in a July 14 homicide south of downtown Fort Worth that left a 61-year-old man dead was arrested Thursday, officials said.
Kasey Palacios-Flores, 24, was booked into the Fort Worth City Jail shortly after 2 p.m. and faces a charge of murder, according to police records.
Officers were dispatched to the 1200 block of Washington Avenue, in the south side Fairmount neighborhood, around 1:45 p.m. July 14 regarding a deceased person call, police said. They found David Earl Ward lying on the ground inside one of the apartments. Ward was pronounced dead at the scene.
Detectives learned that Ward and the suspect were fighting inside the apartment and Ward was strangled during the altercation, according to police.
Results of an autopsy are pending, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office.
