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Gainesville double murder suspect surrenders
Monday, January 23rd 2023, 11:09 AM CST
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Gainesville police identified Samuel Gary Lee King, 17, as the suspect in a double homicide on January 16, 2023.
(Gainesville PD)
GAINESVILLE, Texas (KTEN) — A 17-year-old named as a suspect in the shooting deaths of two other teenagers in Gainesville last week is now in custody.
Gainesville police said Samuel Gary Lee King surrendered without incident around 9:30 Monday morning. He is being held at the Cooke County Justice Center facing capital murder charges.
King, a Gainesville resident, had been at large for almost seven days following the killings of 19-year-old Antonio Delgado and a 16-year-old male juvenile near the intersection of U.S. 82 and North Culberson Street on the evening of January 16.