Overview

• On June 29, Jahlen Owen turned himself in at the Ott Cribbs Public Safety Center and confessed to detectives that he shot his 19-year-old friend, Desmond McKay
• Witnesses reported a struggle in the Castle Gardens Drive apartment parking lot as Owen attempted to flee in McKay’s 2016 Chrysler 200 and multiple shots were fired
• Investigators recovered McKay’s car the following day in Dallas parked across the street from Owen’s home
• Under Texas law, capital murder convictions carry penalties ranging from life imprisonment to the death penalty
• Authorities have not disclosed a motive for the June 2 killing as the investigation and pretrial proceedings continue