Two Dallas Men Arrested For Murdering Teens Who Were Selling Gun

Rickey Downs, 20, and Tevaris Gibson, 19, were apprehended for a murder in West Oak Cliff on October 12.

The suspects were attempting to purchase a gun with fake money.

Ruby Gonzalez, 18, and Juan Garcia Jr., 19, were discovered in a parking lot near I-30 and Cockrell Hill Rd. They had sustained gunshot wounds during the robbery.

Gonzalez died from her wounds, and Garcia died on October 16.

Video recordings from a nearby store revealed the two suspects arrived ten minutes before Gonzalez and Garcia arrived. When the victims came, the suspects approached them. Garcia’s truck and the suspects’ vehicle was seen driving away with the victims’ bodies left on the ground.

After receiving a tip from a fellow officer, authorities staked out Gibson’s home. They performed a traffic stop after they saw him and Downs get into the same car as in the recordings. The men fled on foot but were later arrested.

Cellphone data and fake money found in a vehicle helped connect them to the crime.

Gibson and Downs have bails over $1 million and face capital murder charges.