12-year-old boy arrested after using AR-style rifle during deadly shooting at Sonic restaurant

Police said the juvenile shot Sonic employee Matthew Davis multiple times and later fled the scene. He and 20-year-old Angel Gomez were arrested and charged with murder.

KEENE, Texas – A 12-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man have been charged with murder after the juvenile fatally shot an employee at a Sonic Drive-In restaurant in Texas, police said.

The shooting unfolded Saturday evening at the Sonic in the 300 block of South Old Betsy Road in Keene, local police said. Keene is located about 30 miles south of Fort Worth.

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Angel Gomez, 20, went to the Sonic in a car with other passengers and was acting “disorderly” in the parking lot when he was confronted by Sonic worker Matthew Davis, 32, authorities said.

Keene Police Chief James Kidd said Davis confronted Gomez for urinating in the parking lot, NBC Dallas-Fort Worth reported.

Read the full report from NBC News.


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