Crime

19-year-old arrested for New Year’s shooting that killed 1, Fort Worth records say

Antonio Baker, 19, faces a murder charge in the shooting death of 34-year-old Deandre Dotson. Fort Worth officers found Dotson in his vehicle with a gunshot wound in the early morning of New Year’s. Day.
Antonio Baker, 19, faces a murder charge in the shooting death of 34-year-old Deandre Dotson. Fort Worth officers found Dotson in his vehicle with a gunshot wound in the early morning of New Year’s. Day.

A 19-year-old man was arrested Friday for a fatal New Year’s shooting in Fort Worth, according to Fort Worth jail records.

Antonio Baker faces a murder charge in the death of 34-year-old Deandre Dotson.

In response to a call about an aggravated assault, officers found Dotson inside his vehicle around 4 a.m., Jan. 1 in the 5700 block of Eastland Street.

Dotson was taken to a local hospital for treatment but succumbed to his injuries hours later, according to police.

He died from a gunshot wound to the head, according to an autopsy report.

Nicole Lopez
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Nicole Lopez was a breaking news reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram from 2023 to 2024.
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