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A Texas grandmother is dead after police say she was shot
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by her own adult grandson following an argument over
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Rita Marie Jackson, age 68, was found unresponsive on the
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patio of her apartment in Arlington, where paramedics
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pronounced her dead.
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Investigators say she had been shot and the Tarant
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County Medical Examiner quickly ruled her death a homicide.
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Police say the suspect is 21-year-old Ron Trell, Jackson,
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Detectives say the two had recently argued, and that dispute
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led to him losing his allowance.
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After being questioned, investigators say he admitted
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to shooting his grandmother inside the apartment early
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that morning and then dragging her body out to the patio.
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A firearm believed to be used in the shooting
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was recovered inside the home.
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Officers were first called to the apartment complex
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on carriage house circle Friday afternoon after a family
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member found the victim outside covered with a blanket.
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Neighbors who lived just below the apartment say
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the violence comes as a shock.
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You try to rewind everything in your head of,
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what could it have been?
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Speaking to WFAA, Kiera Dennis says the reason behind
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the killing makes it even harder to understand.
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For someone to have lost their life over an allowance,
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over a disagreement is hard to to process.
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Dennis says the impact reaches beyond just one loss.
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It's the shocking fact that you've now lost two people
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in one family the way at which you lost them.
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Her husband Jerry Dennis says the proximity to the crime
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has made it even more difficult.
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For it to be this close to you, it's very hard
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to process even in words.
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Neighbors say the family had appeared friendly
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and nothing seemed out of the ordinary before that day.
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Kiera Dennis said she did not hear any argument that day,
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but later noticed an unusual number of flies near the patio.
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Ron Trell Jackson has been charged with murder.
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He's being held in the Tarant County jail
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on a $750,000 bond as the case moves forward in Arlington.
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A Florida judge has thrown out manslaughter charges
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against three former Miami-Dade deputies
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in a deadly UPS truck shootout,
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ruling they are protected under the state's
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Broward County Circuit judge Ernest Calrad
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dismissed the cases against Richard Senthiestibon,
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Leslie Lee and Rodolfo Mirabal.
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The judge wrote that quote,
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the facts and testimony support the application
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of immunity under Florida's stinger ground law.
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The ruling stems from a December 5th, 2019 incident
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in Miramar that ended in a barrage of gunfire
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at a busy intersection.
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Authorities say two armed robbery suspects
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hijacked a UPS truck after a jewelry store robbery
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and coral gables and took driver Frank Ordones hostage.
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Police chased the truck into Broward County.
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The pursuit came to a stop and rush hour traffic
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along Miramar Parkway where officers open fire.
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Ordones, 27 was killed during the shootout.
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Another man, Richard Cutshaw,
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who was stopped at a red light nearby, was also killed.
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The two suspects in the robbery died as well.
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The three deputies had been charged with manslaughter
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and connection to the deaths, a fourth officer.
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Jose Mateo was clear to under the same law
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in a separate ruling last year.
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Prosecutors say they planned a challenge to the decisions.
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In a statement, the Broward State's attorney office
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says, quote, it is our belief that
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standard ground immunity does not apply in matters
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involving innocent bystanders, like Frank Ordones
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and Richard Cutshaw, who presented no danger to officers.
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In this incident, two innocent men were killed
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and the lives of numerous other innocent bystanders
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The judge's ruling means the three former deputies
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cannot be prosecuted in the case
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unless a higher court overturns the decision.
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David Sam Barlett was 35 when he disappeared
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from Swananoa, North Carolina, on August 18th of 2009.
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He was last seen leaving his mother's home on Max Metcalf Road
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when a man he reportedly knew as Don met up with him.
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Investigators say the two left in a gray or green 1990
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Family members got concerned when he failed
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to show up for a scheduled court appearance
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in Marion, North Carolina.
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His mother reported him missing 10 days later.
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Since then, there have been few confirmed leads.
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Authorities say Barlett may have used the nickname Beetlejuice,
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but it is unclear if that name referred to him
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or the man he was last seen with.
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Barlett was known for having numerous tattoos,
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some of them highly distinctive,
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including a cross on his left hand,
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multiple skull designs across his arms,
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a tribal heart on his chest,
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a vampire bat on his right forearm,
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and a chili pepper on his left calf.
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He also had a Harley Quinn mask,
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tattooed on his right calf,
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and a Confederate flag with a skull on his left arm.
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He was white with brown hair, blue eyes,
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and often wore his hair about neck length.
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He had a goatee and two piercings in his left ear.
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On the day he disappeared,
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Barlett was believed to be wearing blue jeans
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and black cowboy boots with silver tips
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and chains on the heels.
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He stood about six feet, weighed about 155 pounds.
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He also had scars on his knees and one on his abdomen.
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the Bunkham County Sheriff's Office at 828-250-4449.
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