Suspect Facing Murder Charge
Houston, TX - Tre Anthony Jones, 23, was arrested this
afternoon by members of the United States Marshals Service Gulf Coast Violent
Offenders Task Force (GCVOTF), in Houston, TX. An arrest warrant was issued
pursuant to an investigation by the San Antonio Police Department (SAPD), where
it is alleged that Jones committed murder.
This morning, members of the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force
(LSFTF) contacted members of the GCVOTF to assist in searching for Jones in
Houston. Members of the GCVOTF immediately initiated an investigation in
locating and apprehending Jones. This afternoon, through investigative efforts
and extensive surveillance, task force officers located Jones near the midtown
area of Houston. Task force officers identified themselves, made contact with
Jones, and took him into custody without incident.
On September 26, 2015, Jones along with another suspect,
Dominique Bailey, 27, allegedly open fired with 2 handguns in the 700 block of
Sterling Drive, on San Antonio’s east side. Reports stated that Jones and Bailey
fired multiple bullets in the direction of a vehicle that was occupied by a
driver and front seat passenger. The driver sustained severe gunshot wounds to
his legs and the passenger, a 16 year old boy, was shot dead in his seat. After
a thorough investigation by SAPD Homicide detectives, warrants were issued for
both suspects. Bailey was arrested by SAPD officers shortly after the warrants
were issued, but Jones remained a fugitive on the run until he was arrested
today.
Jones is currently being held in custody at the Travis
County Sheriff’s Office awaiting extradition to Bexar County.
Robert R. Almonte, United States Marshal for the Western
District of Texas, stated, “This was truly another senseless crime that took
the life of a mother’s child. These acts of violence have to stop, because
there are no winners, only heartache and pain felt by the loved ones of the
victims. I pray that one day the victim’s mother can find peace after the loss
of her son.”
Members of the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force:
New Braunfels
Police Department
San Antonio Police
Department
San Antonio
Independent School District Police Department
Bexar County
Sheriff’s Office
Comal County
Sheriff’s Office
Bexar County Fire
Marshal’s Office
Bexar County
District Attorney’s Office
Texas Office of
The Attorney General
Texas Department
of Public Safety
Texas Department
of Criminal Justice – Office of the Inspector General
Immigration &
Customs Enforcement – Office of Detention & Removal
U.S. Marshals
Service
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