{"id":1932325,"date":"2023-05-17T04:43:37","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T08:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/12-year-old-charged-with-murder-in-horrific-killing-of-texas-sonic-restaurant-employee\/"},"modified":"2023-05-17T04:43:37","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T08:43:37","slug":"12-year-old-charged-with-murder-in-horrific-killing-of-texas-sonic-restaurant-employee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/12-year-old-charged-with-murder-in-horrific-killing-of-texas-sonic-restaurant-employee\/","title":{"rendered":"12-Year-Old Charged with Murder in Horrific Killing of Texas Sonic Restaurant Employee"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F12-year-old-charged-with-murder-in-horrific-killing-of-texas-sonic-restaurant-employee%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1932325&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>    News                                                                                                                                                                                                     Visit Advertiser websiteGO TO PAGE                                                                                                                                                                                                             NEXT                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   About Connatix                                                                                                       <\/p>\n<p>  \u00a0By Andrew Jose   \u00a0May 16, 2023 at 12:14pm      Police in Keene, Texas, arrested two individuals, including a minor, in connection with a deadly Saturday shooting that occurred at the parking lot of a Sonic Drive-In.<\/p>\n<p> Twenty-year-old Ft. Worth, Texas, resident Angel Gomez began acting \u201cdisorderly\u201d after pulling up at the fast food restaurant\u2019s parking lot Saturday evening with others in his vehicle, according to a Sunday news release from the local police department.<\/p>\n<p> Responding to Gomez\u2019s allegedly erratic behavior, the victim, 32-year-old Matthew Davis, approached Gomez and began scolding him at around 9:40 p.m. that day, NPR reported.<\/p>\n<p>  According to Keene Police Chief James Kidd, Davis confronted Gomez about the latter urinating in the parking lot, according to KXAS-TV.<\/p>\n<p> The altercation soon \u201cbecame physical,\u201d according to police.<\/p>\n<p>   That was when the 12-year-old juvenile allegedly took a firearm\u00a0and started firing several shots at Davis, NPR reported.<\/p>\n<p> The duo then fled the scene, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>   When police officers responded to the shooting, they found Davis fallen on the parking lot with multiple gun wounds, the police department said.<\/p>\n<p>  Do you think crime is out of control in America?<\/p>\n<p>     Davis was later taken to a local hospital, where he was declared dead.<\/p>\n<p> Officers arrested Gomez after he had come back to the crime scene later that day, according to the news release.<\/p>\n<p> The news release stated that investigators also found the juvenile and multiple guns at a location in Rio Vista.<\/p>\n<p>  Both Gomez and the juvenile have been taken into custody and charged with murder, according to police. Officers also seized multiple firearms found at the Rio Vista location, according to the news release.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cWe are saddened to learn about the tragedy involving a franchised team member in Keene, TX,\u201d Sonic said in a statement shared with KXAS-TV.<\/p>\n<p>  \u201cThe franchisee is cooperating fully with local authorities as they conduct their investigation,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p> According to the news station, the restaurant was closed on Monday. Neighbors left flowers at the restaurant in honor of Davis\u2019 memory.<\/p>\n<p>  \u201cI wish there was more that we could do, but right now if they could just see that support and love, and maybe, even if we didn\u2019t know him, [know] his life mattered to many of us,\u201d Jane Baggett, a local resident, told KXAS-TV.<\/p>\n<p> Relatives of Davis and his mother, Leigh Anne, have started a GoFundMe to help pay for funeral expenses. At the time of writing, the donation drive has raised $18,008 of its $16,500 goal.<\/p>\n<p>   SummaryMore Biographical InformationRecent PostsContact<\/p>\n<p> Andrew Jose is a freelance reporter covering security, U.S. politics, and foreign policy, among other beats. He has bylines in several outlets, notably the Daily Caller, Jewish News Syndicate, and the Times of Israel.<\/p>\n<p>   Andrew Jose is a freelance reporter covering security, U.S. politics, and foreign policy, among other beats. He has bylines in several outlets, notably the Daily Caller, Jewish News Syndicate, and the Times of Israel. Speak to Andrew securely via ajoseofficial@protonmail.com. 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