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Fort Worth police make 3 arrests in single day on murder charges in separate killings

At least six suspects in different slayings have been arrested in the city since Saturday.

Three suspects in separate Fort Worth killings were arrested Tuesday, jail records show.

The men, ages 22 to 58, each face a murder charge.

Curtis Davis, 54, was the first murder arrest Tuesday. He was booked into the city jail about 9 a.m.

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Davis was arrested in connection to the stabbing death of 45-year-old David Christopher on Aug. 30 inside the bathroom of an apartment in the 100 block of Harding Street, according to police and medical examiner records. Christopher died at the scene after being stabbed in the left thigh.

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The stabbing happened after Davis and Christopher were involved in a physical and verbal argument outside the home, police told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Early Tuesday afternoon, Marty Kinion, 58, was booked into the city jail for his alleged role in a different stabbing death.

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Kinion is accused of fatally stabbing 56-year-old Hardy Beard on Sunday night inside an apartment in the 2800 block of Las Vegas Trail, records show. Beard was pronounced dead at the scene.

The final suspect arrested Tuesday in a Fort Worth killing was Braelyn Houston, 22. Houston was booked into the city jail about 8 p.m.

He is accused of fatally shooting 63-year-old Anthony Young on Sept. 17 inside an apartment in the 2900 block of South Riverside Drive, according to a police report. Young was taken to a hospital where he died.

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In recent days, 45-year-old Michael Johnson was arrested Monday in the Sept. 26 shooting death of a woman in a vehicle in the 3100 block of Bridge Hill Drive; 19-year-old Kevin Aguilar was arrested Sunday in a Saturday shooting near the Fort Worth Stockyards that killed local high schooler, Joseph Padilla, and injured four others; and 21-year-old Xavien Martinez was arrested Saturday after he allegedly shot two people, killing 36-year-old Angel Gomez, earlier in the day in the 3200 block of Las Vegas Trail following an argument.

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