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A 21-year-old man has been arrested on accusations hefatally shot two sisters and wounded a toddlerin a Texas A&M-Commerce University residence hall — and police also allege he shot another man on New Year’s Eve.
On Tuesday, police arrested 21-year-old Jacques Smith — Abbaney’s ex-boyfriend — and charged him with capital murder in the shootings. He was taken into custody and held without bond.
“An arrest warrant was obtained through the use of surveillance and witness tips,” the campus policetweetedat the time of Smith’s arrest.
Daniels was found on the ground of an apartment complex parking lot on New Year’s Eve. He had suffered a gunshot wound to the chest. Police arrested Smith and two other men for Daniels’ shooting, and charged them all with capital murder.
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Deja Matts was a freshman at A&M-Commerce and was pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Public Health. Abbaney and Smith were not students at the school in Commerce, Texas — about 75 miles northeast of Dallas.
All classes, programs, and events on campus were canceled for Tuesday and Wednesday, but resumed on Thursday.
Smith has not entered a plea on any of the murder charges, and court documents do not reflect an attorney authorized to speak on his behalf.
source: people.com
