Texas Murder Suspects Nabbed in Bridgeport

Two teenage suspects in the homicide of a Dallas, Texas grocery store owner were caught in Bridgeport after a nationwide manhunt.

A member of the U.S. Marshal Violent Crime Task Force captured the teens after received a tip that they  arrived in Bridgeport by bus and were at a relative’s home on Grand Street, officials said.

Lamarcus Mathis, 19, and a 17-year-old suspect whose name was not released due to his age, but was identified as Don Williams in the Dallas Morning News, are accused of killing Jin Him Ha, 64, outside of a grocery store she owned with her husband. She was closing the business when she was killed.

Police said Mathis and Williams fled with a box containing Ha’s uneaten lunch and two boxes of onions.

Video police released shows Ha and her husband crouching down next to their minivan after noticing a car driving up to their Quick Check grocery store, the Dallas Morning News reports. A man believed to be Mathis snatches a box Ha is carrying while another man, believed to be Williams, holds a gun in each hand and shoots at the couple. While one man runs away with the box, the other shoots Ha once more.

The video also shows Ha struggling to get up before collapsing in her husband's arms. She died at Baylor University Medical Center, officials said.

Both men are being held as fugitives of justice on a $1 million bond and will be arraigned in Bridgeport Superior Court on Friday. 

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