17-year-old faces manslaughter charge in Fort Worth motel shooting
A teen was in custody Wednesday and accused in the shooting death of another teen in a north Fort Worth motel room, according to jail records and police.
The suspect is Mohammade El Khaoudi, 17, of Fort Worth, who was booked into the Fort Worth Jail early Wednesday, according to Fort Worth jail records.
Along with the manslaughter charge, El Khaoudi faces a firearm theft charge.
A teen was shot and killed Tuesday night in a Days Inn motel room at 5370 Blue Mound Road. He was identified as Jameel Abdel-Rahim, 17, of Arlington, according to the Tarrant County medical examiner’s website on Wednesday, and he died from a gunshot wound to the head.
El Khaoudi, a senior at Marine Creek Collegiate High School in the Fort Worth school district, is accused of firing the gun that killed the victim.
KXAS-TV reported Tuesday night that police said someone was allegedly playing with a gun and accidentally shot the victim.
“During the course of our investigation it was determined that he (El Khaoudi) acted recklessly while handling the firearm causing the death of the victim,” said Officer Brad Perez, a police spokesman, in an email Wednesday.
Police got the call shortly after 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.
The person who called 911 told dispatchers her boyfriend had been shot in the head, according to dispatch reports.
On Wednesday morning, police said homicide detectives found that several people were in the room with the victim.
This story was originally published February 6, 2019 at 10:00 AM with the headline "17-year-old faces manslaughter charge in Fort Worth motel shooting."
