Man and 12-year-old boy arrested after fatal shooting at Sonic restaurant in Texas

KEENE, Texas — A 12-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man have been arrested on a murder warrant in the fatal shooting of a Sonic Drive-In employee in Texas, police said.

Matthew Davis, 32, was shot and killed Saturday night as he fought with Angel Gomez, 20, in the parking lot of the restaurant in Keene, about 40 miles southwest of Dallas, police said.

The boy was at the restaurant with Gomez, who was causing an unspecified disturbance in the parking lot, and shot Davis several times after taking a gun from Gomez’s vehicle, according to a police statement.

#UPDATE: A #Texas 12 YO is behind bars after shooting & killing a Sonic employee in Keene Saturday, police said.

The 12 YO boy, who was a passenger inside Angel Gomez's car, pulled out an AR-style weapon & fired at least 6 rounds. @CBSNewsTexas More: https://t.co/8ztFaLW7yI pic.twitter.com/DoK1MY56GU

— Alexis Wainwright (@AWainwrightTV) May 15, 2023

Davis was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.

The boy used an AR-style rifle in the shooting, Police Chief James Kidd told The Dallas Morning News on Tuesday.

Gomez and the boy fled the scene, but Gomez later returned and was arrested on a murder warrant and the boy, whose name has not been released, was found and arrested in the nearby town of Rio Vista, said police.

There was a shocking murder Saturday night in a Texas town. A 12-year-old boy was arrested for repeatedly shooting a Sonic employee with an AR-15 rifle. https://t.co/gP6i1J1lnG

— FOX 10 Phoenix (@FOX10Phoenix) May 16, 2023

Court records do not show that formal charges have been filed.

The shooting comes in the wake of two mass shootings that has focused attention on guns in Texas.