A short time later, police were notified by officers in Grand Prairie that a 4-year-old boy had been taken to a hospital there and that the child died of an apparent gunshot wound to the head.
Police confirmed to NBC 5 Friday afternoon that they interviewed four adults, two who were at the hospital and two who returned to the apartment after leaving the hospital, who told police they were in the apartment at the time of the shooting.
Lt. Christopher Cook with the Arlington Police Department said Friday afternoon one of the adults told police initially that the bullet was a stray that had entered the apartment from the outside through the sliding glass door.
Updated: 9:44 PM CST January 1, 2021
Updated at 9:45 p.m. with additional information.
Arlington police have made an arrest in the fatal shooting of a 39-year-old woman on New Year s Day.
Mario Alanis, 34, has been arrested in connection to the shooting death of his girlfriend Blanca Guerra, police said.
Alanis was taken into custody Friday evening in south Arlington. He was booked into the Arlington jail on a manslaughter charge.
Detectives allege he tried to shoot a firearm into the air as an act of celebratory gunfire for New Year’s when the gun did not initially go off.
Police claim Alanis then threw the loaded gun onto the ground and tried to reload it while it was pointed at Guerra. During this time, the firearm went off and hit her.
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Updated: 7:18 PM CST January 1, 2021
Updated at 7:18 p.m. with additional details from police.
Three men have been arrested after a security guard was hurt in a shooting Thursday night at an Arlington apartment complex, police said.
The three individuals charged in the shooting incident are 31-year-old Felix Barrientos, 28-year-old Juan Magallanes and 24-year-old David Garcia.
Officers allege all three men were involved in the shooting incident at the Las Lomas Apartments, according to the Arlington police.
Officials said it is believed they initially went to the complex to fire celebratory gunshots into the air for New Year’s Eve.
An Arlington police officer had been there reviewing security footage with the victim and another security guard in connection to a different shooting when they heard gunshots outside, officials said.
One round struck a security guard causing minor injury, Arlington police said. Both security guards returned fire and the officer discharged their firearm toward the suspects.
According to police, none of the shots fired by the security guards or police officer hit anyone and whoever was firing at them escaped.
The suspects fled the apartment complex in a white Cadillac XTS and were located a short time later after initially fleeing officers during an attempted traffic stop, police said.
Police arrested 31-year-old Felix Barrientos, 28-year-old Juan Magallanes and 24-year-old David Garcia. Barrientos was charged with fleeing a police officer because he was driving when the traffic stop was initiated; Magallanes and Garcia were both charged with discharge of a firearm in certain municipalities.