Arlington PD believes suspect knew 2 victims shot and killed inside short-term rental
ARLINGTON — An 18-year-old and 19-year-old were fatally shot inside a short-term rental near AT&T Stadium Saturday night, Arlington police said.
Around 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Arlington police were called to an apartment in the 600 block of Slaughter St. where witnesses said they heard gunfire and then saw a group of people run from the apartment and drive away.
When officers arrived they found a man and woman shot multiple times in the living room. The 19-year-old man, identified as Jaqual Dayton Allen, was pronounced dead at the apartment. The 18-year-old woman was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner identified her as Alexis Tyler of Mesquite.
Police haven't released the name of the male victim yet but said he lived in Irving.
He rented the apartment in the Stadium 700 Apartments to celebrate his birthday, according to police, but he was gunned down just a few hours before he would have turned 20 years old.
At this point, detectives believe the suspect or suspects knew the victims.
"I can tell you that we recovered multiple casings from the scene," said Tim Ciesco with the Arlington Police Department. "Both victims were shot multiple times. So this wasn't just one person firing one shot and running out of there. This was somebody that absolutely intended to kill and harm people. So yeah, certainly we want to do anything we can to try to identify this person or people and get them into custody."
No arrests have been made and investigators are searching for surveillance video from the area.
A resident of the complex says he's never seen any issues in his nearly 10 years living there.
"It's always been a comfortable environment, it's always been a safe environment, and it's always been a calm steady pace as far as people," said Luis Noyola. "They're always nice, friendly. It's just seemingly random, out of the blue for such a horrific event to happen."
There are several Airbnb listings at the complex right now.
In Arlington, short-term rentals are limited to a certain radius of the Entertainment District. The Stadium 700 Apartments fit that criteria, so it is legal to operate one there.
It's not clear if it's against management rules or not. CBS News Texas has been unable to get a response.
Arlington police have not had any other calls to the complex this year related to short-term rentals.
