He’s accused of killing his ex-girlfriend when she tried to kick him out of her house

A Fort Worth man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend last week when she attempted to kick him out of her home in east Fort Worth was arrested early Thursday.

Jarvis Franklin, 36, was booked into the Fort Worth Jail at 2:48 a.m., and later transferred to the Tarrant County Jail where he was being held without bail.

He faces a charge of murder in the shooting death of his 32-year-old former girlfriend. She was identified in a police report as Karen Finney.

Police were called to the shooting in the 6000 block of McKaskle Drive shortly before 6 a.m. last Friday.

Officers found a woman in the home, dead from apparent gunshot wounds. The woman was later identified as Finney.

Family members told police the victim’s ex-boyfriend had been in contact with her on and off for years, but he refused to leave her alone.

Along with the murder charge, Franklin was being held on two other warrants out of Burleson.

This story was originally published January 24, 2019 at 10:08 AM with the headline "He’s accused of killing his ex-girlfriend when she tried to kick him out of her house."