Two 25-year-olds, Joshua Daniels and his friend Winston Davis, were found shot to death inside a car parked outside an Arlington apartment complex near Lamar Boulevard and Collins Street on March 29, 2018. Police say the killings were targeted rather than random. A cell phone recovered from the vehicle led detectives to 18-year-old Franklin Barnes, who was arrested in McKinney and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon; additional charges were reported as pending. Investigators say Barnes was connected to a separate quadruple shooting that same day at the Cross Creek Apartments in Plano, where one person later died.

Daniels’ siblings said he had recently been released from jail and was trying to turn his life around; both Daniels and Davis were expecting children. Authorities are still seeking a motive and have not been able to obtain an interview with Barnes. The Murray Law Firm has questioned the apartment complex’s security and says the families may have grounds for wrongful-death claims if inadequate security contributed to the deaths.