Young Pair Arrested For Shooting Death Of Adult In Irving
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IRVING (CBSDFW.COM) - An Irving woman went out her front door Saturday morning to find her finance shot to death and a gunman taking aim at her 15-year-old son.
"I'm pleading to the guy not to shoot my son. Don't kill my baby. Don't shoot my son," said Mary Ducking. "But then he just pulled the trigger and shot my baby right in between his eyes."
Demorius Ducking, a sophomore at Nimitz High School in Irving, was rushed to the hospital where doctors told his mother the bullet just missed his brain.
Ducking told investigators he recognized the two suspects and within minutes the Irving SWAT has a home in the 2000 block of Spanish Trail surrounded. Both teenagers eventually surrendered.
The shooting had taken place just a couple blocks away on the 2000 block of Meadow Lark.
Maurice Crawford, 45, was the man who was shot and killed.
Police say the suspects went to a home in the 2000 block of Spanish Trail. One surrendered quickly. Another one did after a standoff.
According to neighbors, all three teens go to Nimitz High School.
The adult suspect is currently in the Irving City Jail on a charge of Murder. His identity is being withheld until detectives have shown photographic line-ups to witnesses in the case. The juvenile suspect was taken to the Dallas County Juvenile Detention Center on a charge of murder.
Police say they do not have a motive yet.
Saturday evening Irving ISD released this statement:
On Saturday afternoon, Irving ISD officials learned that a Nimitz High School student was the victim of a shooting that took place at a residence. While privacy laws prevent us from sharing specific details about the student or the student's medical records, district officials have been told that the student is being treated at a hospital and is expected to recover.
"Based on the information we have received, we believe the student will make a full recovery and that is the best possible outcome from a tragedy like this," says Irving ISD Superintendent of Schools Jose L. Parra, Ed.D. "Our thoughts and prayers are with this student and the friends and families who have been affected by this weekend tragedy."
To help students and staff cope, crisis counselors will be available at Nimitz High School. "We assure families that we will have counselors and extra support available for our students as long as needed," says Parra.
Irving ISD is cooperating fully with the ongoing police investigation.
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