DALLAS (AP) – Police say a 19-year-old man has been arrested on a manslaughter charge in the killing of a high school junior who, witnesses say, was shot in the head during a party at a home in north Dallas.
Dallas police say William Hester, of Mesquite, was arrested Sunday evening in the death of 16-year-old Jakiyah Wrightsil.
Police say officers responded to a call about a shooting at the apartment shortly after 4:30 a.m. Sunday and found Wrightsil’s body. Multiple people were detained as they tried to leave the party.
Some witnesses told police that people had been playing with a gun during the party before Wrightsil was shot.
Jail records don’t list an attorney who can speak on behalf of Hester, who has been booked into the Dallas County Jail.
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