ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) – A 14-year-old Arlington teen is dead, and her alleged killer, 18-year-old Javien Brown is behind bars charged with murder.
The Arlington Police Department responded to a shooting call on Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at 1:44 a.m. in the 2500 block of Forest Point Drive at an apartment complex. When officers arrived, they found Dorothy Brown with a gunshot wound to the head.
She was flown to a local hospital for treatment but died the next day.
Javien Brown (credit: Arlington Police Department)
Investigators obtained an arrest warrant on May 29, 2020 for Brown and took him into custody.
According to the warrant, Dorothy and Javien were in a relationship for the last six months.
They argued the night she was killed.
A witness told police that when she told Javien he “shot her,” he responded by saying, “I don’t care.”