Do you know this Toyota Tacoma? Arlington, Texas homicide vehicle of interest.

[toyotafan]

There was a senseless homicide in Arlington, Texas this week. Someone walked into a shoe store on Cooper street, not too far away from the Arlington Parks Mall, and apparently robbed the place and shot and killed the employee working there.

The police have seen the surveillance video and they have identified a vehicle of interest in this shooting. Since it looks like a lifted late-90's or early-2000's Toyota Tacoma, I figured that we should post photos of this vehicle here just in case someone in the local Toyota community knew of this fairly unique looking truck and could offer any insight to who owns it.

 

[toyotafan]

MEDIA RELEASE

Arlington Detectives Investigating Homicide


Officers responded to the 3100 block of S. Cooper Street around 1:53 p.m. today, February 25, 2014, in reference to a report of shots fired. Upon arrival, officers began checking the nearby businesses. Officers located a business with the front door locked. While checking the rear of the business, officers located an open door. Officers checked the building and discovered the deceased body of a store employee, a man in his 20’s, near the back of the store. Early in the investigation, detectives are treating this as a homicide with robbery as a possible motive.

The name of the deceased and cause of death will be released by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner, once next of kin has been notified and he has been officially identified. At this point in the investigation, detectives are speaking with witnesses, canvassing the area and trying to determine who is responsible for this incident.

Detectives are seeking the public's help if anyone happened to be in the area of 3100 S Cooper St. between 12:00 and 2:00 pm today. Citizens are asked to report any observed suspicious activity, no matter how minor, by contacting the Arlington Police Department at 817-459-5300. To submit an anonymous tip, contact Crime Stoppers at (817) 469-TIPS (8477). Through Crime Stoppers, tipsters could be eligible for a reward up to $1,000 and remain anonymous.

 

[toyotafan]

Here are some still photos from local cameras.

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[tbplus10]

Hope they catch that piece of trash. The victim reportedly handed over the cash.
Time to start showing trash like this there are repercussions, I know many have strong feelings about the death penalty but its bennn proventime and again you cant rehabilitate a rabid dog, gotta put them down to save others the same fate, a cure and lesson that isnt easy to forget.

 

[toyotafan]

Like I said, I was driving by that location just an hour or two after this happened, just a shock. I've been to that subway shop just next door and we go bowling that the bowling alley at the back of the parking lot all the time.

Problem with that truck is that these were pretty popular and it seems like that least 1/3 of the trucks from this era have some type of simple lift-kit and larger tires. There are probably 2,500 trucks like that in the DFW area.

 

[toyotafan]

Arrest made...

http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/201...ested-suspect-in-red-wing-store-slaying.html/

 

[toyotafan]

Looks like this is the truck they were looking for.

 

[toyotafan]

Here too ...

 

[toyotafan]

Looks like he sold his truck recently.

Jacob Galen Everett

A man suspected of slaying a shoe store employee last month owned a gun matching the one used in the shooting, a search warrant revealed Wednesday.

Jacob Everett, 21, was arrested Tuesday night after a tip connected Everett to a truck matching the description of the one used in the fatal robbery at the Red Wing shoe store Feb. 25.

Everett traded in his 2004 gold Toyota Tacoma last week to an Arlington car dealership for a 2010 red Ford four-door sedan. Officers confirmed the sale Friday, according to a search warrant affidavit.

Police questioned Everett about the truck he sold Tuesday at a home in the 2200 block of San Ramon Court. He said he drove the Toyota Tacoma to the Red Wing shoe store before the shooting Feb. 25. He said he drove to the other end of the parking lot to wait for a friend but left when the friend was late, the search warrant says.

Everett also told police he owned a gun that was kept in the center console of his new Ford sedan. Police found the 9mm Smith and Wesson semiautomatic handgun, which matches the gun used in the fatal shooting of Randy Pacheco, the warrant says.

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Original post at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday: Arlington police have a suspect in custody in the slaying of a 22-year-old shoe store employee.

Jacob Galen Everett, 21, faces a murder charge in the Feb. 25 death of Randy Pacheco. He was arrested Tuesday in the 600 block of Division Street, near North Cooper Street, 3.4 miles north from the Red Wing shoe store where Pacheco was killed.

Surveillance video from the store showed a masked gunman walking in about 2 p.m. and leaving in a vehicle police described as a champagne-colored lifted pickup.

Police said detectives received more than 60 tips after the incident and were given information that led them to a vehicle that matched the description. Detectives interviewed Everett, the owner of the vehicle, and learned he was at the store the day of the shooting and collected evidence from his home that led to his arrest.

Bail has not been set.



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HAKEEM10 hours ago
Glad to here this thug is off the street and will face his punishment.
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Bug Menot9 hours ago
I'm so offended! You called a white person a thug! <-- sarcasm
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Frater Confessio9 hours ago
Agreed, Hakeem.
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Bug Menot12 hours ago
Good to hear. A man selling shoes is just someone trying to make a living.
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Omar11 hours ago
And a man selling a slurpee is just someone trying to make a living
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Bug Menot9 hours ago
True. But he doesn't have to get down on his knees to measure someone's feet.

How is your slurpee business, anyway?
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NyYankee4 hours ago
Totally senseless murder - did this idiot think he was going to make a fortune robbing a shoe store? Why did he have to kill the store clerk? Just stupid any way you think about it.
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Sam Kelly8 hours ago
Great police work, by suspecting that vehicle that was parked all by itself in that parking lot.
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Larry Love2 hours ago
Stupid little thuggish punk. We need to bring back the electric chair on some of these criminals.
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LISTON10 hours ago
HOPEFULLY HE DOESN'T HAVE THE CASE OF AFLUENZA
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[SharkRider]

Funny, I used to own a truck that looked like that one. I would hate to be someone in Arlington that owned a similar truck. The police might come knocking at my door and arrest me.