Crime

Police arrest suspects on murder suspicion in south Fort Worth apartment complex killing

Police this week arrested two 18-year-old men on suspicion of murder in a September killing in a south Fort Worth parking lot.
Police this week arrested two 18-year-old men on suspicion of murder in a September killing in a south Fort Worth parking lot.

Police this week arrested two 18-year-old men on suspicion of murder in a September killing in a south Fort Worth parking lot.

Mason Lewis and Raymond Lickibi were booked at a jail in connection with the shooting death of Darius Kees at an apartment complex in the 5100 block of Ivy Glen Lane, according to law enforcement and medical examiner’s office records.

Kees, 30, was on Sept. 21 shot during a disturbance.

A Fort Worth police spokesperson did not describe the nature of the disturbance, respond to a question about whether there are other suspects in the death or immediately release affidavits supporting arrest warrants.

Kees died in the parking lot of gunshot wounds, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office.

This story was originally published October 10, 2023 at 12:09 PM.

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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