A 13-year-old boy faces juvenile murder charges in connection with the shooting death of a man last month at a West Fort Worth grocery store, police said Friday.
Officers detained three juveniles after the shooting outside the Kroger in the 9100 block of Camp Bowie West Boulevard at about 7:40 a.m. on June 22, police said.
“An arrest warrant for murder was issued for a 13-year-old male and that juvenile has been arrested,” police said in a statement. “There are no outstanding suspects.”
Police did not say what led to the shooting.
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When officers arrived on the scene, they located a man who had been shot in the chest, police said.
The victim was identified by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner as 36-year-old Spenser Slavik.
In an online obituary, his family said Slavik graduated from Brewer High School in White Settlement and went on to take classes at Tarrant County Community College.
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“He loved being on a computer and was considered a whiz doing anything on them,” the obituary said. “He had a very high IQ and could figure things out very quickly before anyone else.”
