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A Tarrant County grand jury found Jay Shawn Nixon-Clark guilty of murdering 17-year-old Jamarrien Monroe and his cousin, 5-year-old Rayshard Javon Scott in a 2022 shooting.
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Nixon-Clark received an automatic life sentence.
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23-year-old Anthony Bell-Johnson was also charged with capital murder for the 2022 shooting. He underwent a psych evaluation last December. A trial date hasn’t been set yet.
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A Tarrant County grand jury found Jay Shawn Nixon-Clark guilty of murdering 17-year-old Jamarrien Monroe and his cousin, 5-year-old Rayshard Javon Scott in a 2022 shooting.
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Nixon-Clark received an automatic life sentence.
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23-year-old Anthony Bell-Johnson was also charged with capital murder for the 2022 shooting. He underwent a psych evaluation last December. A trial date hasn’t been set yet.
Texas’s Fort WorthA Fort Worth juvenile was given a life sentence after a Tarrant County jury convicted him guilty of killing two people in a shooting in 2022.
Fort Worth Teen Gets Life Sentence
Jay Shawn Nixon-Clark, 19, was automatically sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of capital murder on Tuesday.
The backstory
The shooting took place outside a Fort Worth residence on Steel Dust Drive on August 28, 2002.
The 16-year-old Nixon-Clark and his companions, according to the prosecution, were parked in a car next to the residence as children and teens were playing in the garage with the door up.
Prosecutors claim that Nixon-Clark and Anthony Bell-Johnson, who was 21 at the time, fled to the residence after exiting the vehicle with pistols and masks. After firing over a dozen shots, they reportedly rushed back to their vehicle and took off.
The shooting claimed the lives of Jamarrien Monroe, 17, and his cousin Rayshard Javon Scott, 5.
Other family members, including Jamarrien’s 18-month-old kid, were also injured.
What they’re saying:
Asst. DA Melinda Hogan of Tarrant County told the jury, “They riddled that garage with bullets.” “They unloaded 17 rounds into the garage where five children are playing.”
Asst. DA Bill Vassar of Tarrant County stated, “Nixon-Clark knew what he was doing when he masked up and grabbed a weapon.” “He was 100 percent down to shoot as many people as he could that day.”
Following his punishment, Jamarrien’s mother, Tijuana West, had a direct conversation with his son’s murderer in court. In reference to Rayshard and Jamarrien, she remarked, “We can never get back what we lost.”
Nevertheless, West assured Nixon-Clark that “there’s a greatness in you that goes way beyond your circumstances” and that his family obviously loves him.
Next steps:
Bell-Johnson, 23, was also accused of capital murder. Last December, he had a psychological evaluation. There is currently no definite date for the trial.
Bell-Johnson, Anthony Ray (Fort Worth Police Department)
The Origin:The Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office and earlier FOX 4 coverage provided the information used in this piece.
