Stranger shot 3 people and ‘walked away calmly,’ victim tells Fort Worth police
The 18-year-old suspect accused of fatally shooting a man and injuring two other people in east Fort Worth over Memorial Day weekend apparently didn’t know the victims, according to court records.
Ricardo Young was arrested May 29 and faces a murder charge in the death of 21-year-old Alvion Ferrell Norris. A man and a woman who were with Norris were wounded in the shooting, according to the arrest warrant affidavit obtained by the Star-Telegram.
The woman called 911 about 3:20 p.m. on May 25 to report the shooting, the affidavit states. The responding officers found Norris in the 4200 block of Carmel Avenue. He died less than an hour later at John Peter Smith Hospital.
The injured woman, who wasn’t publicly identified by police, managed to drive herself and the other victim to JPS Hospital. She told investigators that she and the two men were on their way to play basketball and stopped at a house on Carmel Avenue to pick up a friend. The friend didn’t answer the door, so the three waited outside in their car.
According to the woman’s testimony in the affidavit, a black car drove by and dropped off a man wearing a dark hoodie and distressed black jeans. He knocked on the door of a house across the street and then the house where the three people were waiting for their friend.
The man approached their car and asked if they were with “TayTay” or knew “TayTay.” When they said no, the man started shooting at all three people in the car, according to the affidavit.
The woman said she’d never seen the suspect before, and he just “walked away calmly after the shooting,” the affidavit states. No one in the car had a gun.
Police have said that Norris, who was in the back seat, got out and tried to run away, but he collapsed near the car. He died from multiple gunshot wounds, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office website. His death has been ruled as a homicide.
The suspect can be heard on surveillance video firing eight shots at the victims, according to the affidavit. Doorbell video of the scene allowed police to see the shooter’s face and his New Era olive drab baseball cap with the letter “C” on the front.
Investigators received tips that the shooter appeared to be a man known as “Cardo,” who had recently “shot up his mother’s house,” the affidavit states.
Fort Worth police arrested Ricardo Young on Feb. 7 for allegedly shooting a rifle into the air several times from his garage, according to the affidavit and other court records. Police took a rifle and handgun from the home. Young was later released on bond.
Police were called to Young’s home again on March 30. Detectives reviewed body-camera footage of the incident. The 18-year-old Young, wearing a New Era olive drab baseball cap with a “C” on the front, was throwing rocks and waving a plastic machete at passing cars. His face could be clearly seen in the video, and authorities identified him as the Carmel Avenue shooter, the affidavit states.
Court records show that a judge ordered a psychiatric exam for Young on May 28 in connection with the March 30 incident.
Young is being held in the Tarrant County Jail on a $700,000 bond, according to court records. In addition to murder, he faces two charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
It’s not clear if Young has obtained a defense attorney to represent him on those charges.
The victim who died, Norris, leaves behind a child, according to his online obituary. He loved video games, music and basketball.
“The impact of Alvion’s life resonates with those who knew him best,” the obituary states. “His compassionate spirit and joyful nature will forever live on in the memories we hold dear. As we say goodbye to Alvion, let us remember the warmth of his smile, the laughter he brought into our lives, and the love that filled his heart.”
