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Desmond McKay

Case from Arlington, TX dated Jun 02, 2025

Victim Details

Desmond McKay

Male

Black / African American

Arlington

TX

2025-06-02

19

Desmond

McKay

08/04/2026

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Desmond McKay, 19, a male from Arlington, Texas, who was Black/African American, spent the evening of June 2, 2025 with someone he knew from welding school. Near 10:56 p.m., he and that acquaintance arrived at an apartment complex in the 2700 block of Castle Gardens Drive to pick up another friend. In the parking lot, Desmond McKay, 19, stepped out of his own 2016 Chrysler 200 while the other man tried to drive off; as Desmond McKay, 19, ran back and struggled at the driver’s door, multiple sh ...
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  • FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth: Arlington Shooting: Man arrested for 19-year-old friend’s murder
  • Dallas News: Arlington police investigating fatal shooting of 19-year-old man
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