Affidavit: Crying suspect fled Forest Hill home after killing

A Forest Hill teen armed with a handgun and crying fled his home on the night of March 27 after he killed his friend, according to an affidavit.

Miguel Calderon Sr. told Forest Hill police that he was awakened that night by a gunshot in their home in the 4100 block of Bowling Green Street in Forest Hill, Forest Hill police said in the affidavit.

The elder Calderon met his son, Miguel Calderon Jr., 18, in the hallway.

“Daddy Daddy, I don’t know what I done, but I got to go,” a crying Calderon Jr. told his father. The teen then fled their home.

Seconds later, Calderon Sr. found Christian Rhodes, 17, dead on a bed in a bedroom and called 911, according to the affidavit obtained by the Star-Telegram on Friday.

Calderon Jr. surrendered to Forest Hill police a few days later, and he is charged with murder. He has been ordered to undergo an examination for mental illness, according to Tarrant County court documents.

“I don’t believe he has any mental problems,” Rhodes’ grandmother, Troylisa Jackson of Dallas, said Sunday. “My grandson was not a violent person. Why didn’t he [Calderon] just tell my grandson to leave the house if there was trouble?”

Rhodes died from a gunshot wound to the head, according to the Tarrant County medical examiner’s office.

A man who answered the telephone at the Calderon home declined to comment Sunday.

Forest Hill police have not commented on a motive for the slaying.

The arrest warrant affidavit, which did not provide a reason for the killing, gave this brief account of what happened that night:

Calderon’s mother, Mara Calderon, told a Forest Hill detective that Rhodes and her son were in the bedroom the night of March 27. Rhodes’ family members and girlfriend described Calderon Jr. as one of Rhodes’ best friends for years.

Calderon Sr. told police that after hearing the shot, he got up and walked down a hallway, where he met his son.

After the brief conversation, Calderon Jr. left, carrying a black handgun, according to the affidavit.

Forest Hill police responded to the call from Calderon Sr. and were advised that it was a shooting or possible suicide. When they arrived, Forest Hill police found Rhodes lying on his back on a bed with the gunshot wound to his head, according to the affidavit.

Calderon Sr. told detectives he did not observe anyone else in their home after hearing the gunshot.

As he had so many times before, Rhodes was visiting Calderon Jr. on the night of March 27, a Sunday night, Rhodes’ girlfriend, Breeanna Aline Landin-Young has said. Landin-Young and her family live directly across the street from the Calderon family.

Rhodes and his family had moved out of Forest Hill, but the teen had returned to live with an aunt near Bowling Green Street.

Calderon was in the Tarrant County Jail on Sunday with bail set at $100,000.

This report contains information from Star-Telegram archives.

This story was originally published April 10, 2016 at 1:16 PM with the headline "Affidavit: Crying suspect fled Forest Hill home after killing."