Four suspects arrested in teen’s fatal shooting, North Richland Hills police say
Four suspects, including a minor, were arrested in connection to a shooting that killed a teenager and injured a woman, North Richland Hills police said in a news release this week.
Officers responded to the shooting on April 29 in the 8400 block of Emerald Hills Way, where they found the 17-year-old victim inside a car.
The teenager, Alvin Sweet of Watauga, later died, police said.
Sweet was found inside a Honda Civic that had crashed into a parked vehicle, police said.
A 30-year-old woman who was a bystander was also injured by a stray bullet during the shooting, police said.
Police arrested three men on Saturday, May 10 and Sunday, May 11. The fourth suspect, who is a minor, was taken into custody on Monday, May 12, police said.
Ziquarius Taveon Burnette, 17, and Zackary Daniel Garza, 17, both from North Richland Hills, and Oscar Macias, 18, of Haltom City, each face murder charges. They are being held in the Tarrant County Jail with bond set at $2 million.
The suspects also face charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon causing serious bodily injury, with additional bond amounts set at $500,000, according to jail records.
Investigators said they determined that the people responsible were known to Sweet and that the motivation for the shooting was drug related.
North Richland Hills police said the investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the North Richland Hills Police Department at 817-281-1000 or Crime Stoppers of Tarrant County at 817-469-TIPS to remain anonymous.
This story was originally published May 12, 2025 at 10:14 PM.