LONGVIEW, Texas — A Longview man arrested this past week on a capital murder charge also was a suspect in a shooting earlier that same day involving the man who was killed, according to a document in the case.
Davaius J. Thomas was booked July 5 into the Gregg County Jail on a charge of capital murder in the July 3 shooting death of Kenneth McFarland Jr., according to a complaint for an arrest warrant. Thomas also was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and traffic warrants, according to online jail records. He remained jailed Tuesday on bonds totaling $1.25 million.
On the afternoon of July 3, officers responded to a shooting in the 1000 block of South Green Street, according to the document.
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