Suspects in Fort Worth ruse killing were on bond, one had ankle monitor: police

A man who was shot to death last week in east Fort Worth was baited in a trap when he was fired upon by two men outside an apartment, police have concluded.

Fort Worth Police Department homicide detectives on Monday arrested Alonzo Reyes, 18, and Gerald Chamberlain, 17, on suspicion of murder in the alleged ruse.

Reyes and Chamberlain asked a third man to lure Torrey Marshall, 18, to the third man’s apartment under the plan of Marshall selling marijuana, according to an arrest warrant affidavit in which Detective Jeremy Balders described his assessment of evidence. Reyes and Chamberlain waited for Marshall to arrive at the apartment, the detective wrote.

Reyes and Chamberlain lied to the third man, whose name police redacted in the affidavit, by saying that Reyes intended only to fight Torrey one-on-one. Reyes and Chamberlain planned to shoot Marshall, according to Detective Balders.

Phone calls and phone and Instagram messages were used to set up the killing at the Riverwalk apartments in the 1400 block of Carol Oaks Lane, according to police.

Chamberlain allegedly pointed a handgun at the third man prior to Marshall’s arrival. When Marshall showed up, Reyes and Chamberlain both fired guns at Marshall as Marshall tried to get away, according to the affidavit.

Marshall was unarmed, Balders, who investigated the case with Detective Jerry Cedillo, wrote in the affidavit.

Marshall was struck by a round in his right thigh and died. Reyes and Chamberlain left the scene in a car, accoding to the affidavit.

Reyes was at the time of the homicide out on bond on an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon indictment.

As a condition of his bond, Reyes was ordered to wear a GPS monitoring device. A Tarrant County pretrial probation officer confirmed to the detective that Reyes had an ankle monitor and that the GPS data showed Reyes had arrived at the killing scene at 11 p.m. and had left about 11:30 p.m., which surveillance video also shows, Balders wrote in the affidavit.

Chamberlain was also on bond. An ankle monitor was not among the conditions.

With an arm outstretched as if he was pointing a gun at Marshall, a person who appeared to be Reyes ran after Marshall in the parking lot, according to the police account.

Marshall could be heard yelling, “Stop, don’t shoot me,” as Reyes followed Marshall in a circle, according to the affidavit.

Marshall limped around, depositing a trail of blood.