Staff writer Leah Johnson reports:

Two men were injured in a shooting Wednesday night outside an east Oak Cliff grocery store.

Officers responded to a shooting call around 9:45 p.m. at the Minyard Food Stores in the 2100 block of East Ledbetter Road near Lancaster Road. The suspect and one of the victims go into an argument inside the grocery store. The argument continued as the men walked outside and met with the second victim, police said.

The suspect pulled out a handgun and shot both men. One of the men was able to run back inside the Minyards and ask a security guard for help. The security guard went outside and saw the suspect sitting in a white pickup truck, police said.

The security guard shot at the suspect, and the suspect fled. Police said it’s unclear if the suspect was injured in the shooting.

The men were transported to Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas in stable condition.

Eldrick Demond Westbrook

A third woman has died after she was injured in a car wreck involving a suspected drunken driver early Sunday in Arlington.

Martha Perez, 26, was pronounced dead Wednesday morning. Perez was driving when her vehicle was struck around 2 a.m. Sunday in the intersection of Matlock Road and the Interstate 20 service road. Police said 38-year-old Eldrick Demond Westbrook ran a red light and struck the vehicle.

Police originally reported that three women had died in the crash but later said it was two. Alejandra Alvarado, 26, and Alexandra Rodriguez, 19, were in the vehicle with Perez. Alvarado died at the scene, and Rodriguez died at the hospital. A fourth passenger was transported to the hospital, but he was expected to survive, police said.

Westbrook has been charged with two counts of intoxication manslaughter and one count of intoxication assault in connection with the fatal crash. He has been transferred to the Tarrant County jail, where he remains in lieu of $120,000 bail.

Police said the intoxication assault charge may be upgraded to an intoxication manslaughter charge.

Mauro Cruz (Mesquite Police Department )

Mesquite police have made an arrest in a fatal shooting at an apartment complex on Sunday.

Mauro Cruz, 42, was arrested Wednesday morning in the 1400 block of Carroll Avenue in Dallas. According to police, investigators spotted Cruz while he was trying to blend in with a group of day laborers.

Cruz, of Mesquite, was arrested on a charge of murder in the death of 41-year-old Francisco Vaquier.

Vaquier was found dead Sunday on the floor of his apartment in the 3700 block of Gus Thomasson Road with gunshot wounds to the head, police said.

Police said Cruz had been living with Vaquier’s ex-girlfriend in the same apartment complex.

Bond has been set at $100,000.

Ka'darius Barrett

A 20-year-old awaiting trial for the October 2013 slaying of a pregnant woman in southeast Oak Cliff is also accused of fatally shooting a man outside an East Oak Cliff nightclub in February 2013, police said Wednesday.

Ka’darius Barrett was booked into Dallas County Jail on a capital murder charge last year. On Tuesday, prosecutors added a new murder charge to his file.

In the Feb. 2013 case, a 35-year-old man was shot to death in a parking lot across the street from the Chocolate City nightclub on S. Beckley Avenue in East Oak Cliff.

Police found Tommy Heads of Lancaster lying in a parking lot near Beckley and E. Ohio Avenue. Heads dealt marijuana and was known to carry a large stash of cash, an affidavit states.

Heads and his girlfriend were arguing in a parking lot the night of Feb. 19, 2013, when four men drove up next to the couple and demanded money.

They shot Heads, sifted through his pockets and fled. A police report stated the robbers got away with $100.

In October 2013, Stephanie Terlisner, 28, of Dallas was shot in the chest in the 6600 block of Cool Morn Drive near Bonnie View Road.

Witnesses told police that Barrett entered a drug house and shot Terlisner, who was six months pregnant, with a semi-automatic handgun then fled on foot, according to a police report.

He was arrested and charged with capital murder in that case.

In September of this year, a witness told prosecutors he saw the shooting and recognized Barrett from a dice game they had played several weeks prior. The witness identified Barrett from a photo lineup, which led to the second murder charge.

Kerrian Cox

Updated at 1:57 p.m. Thursday: Fort Worth police have arrested a 19-year-old gang member in connection with a drive-by shooting that injured an elderly woman Tuesday night.

Kerrian Cox has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon causing serious bodily injury and engaging in organized crime. He has also been charged with drug possession, police said.

The Fort Worth police gang unit arrested Cox early Thursday. His bail has been set at $100,000.

Original post at 10:10 a.m. Wednesday by Tim Cato reports:

An 80-year-old woman is in stable condition after she was injured in a drive-by shooting Tuesday night in east Fort Worth.

The woman, who has not been publicly identified, was sleeping around 10:25 p.m. in the front bedroom of her home in the 5500 block of Patton Drive near Rosedale Street when someone in a vehicle shot at the house several times, said Fort Worth police Sr. Cpl. Tracey Knight.

The woman was transported to the hospital with injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening. Two adult relatives and the woman’s great-grandchildren, ages 1, 8 and 12, were in the home at the time of the shooting. None was injured, Knight said.

No one has been arrested, and it’s unclear what the motive for the shooting was, police said.

Updated at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday by Caitlyn Jones: Police have obtained a warrant to arrest a man in connection with the death of a man Sunday at a Mesquite apartment complex.

Police have not identified the suspect or the man who was found dead Sunday morning in an apartment at Churchill Crossing Apartments in the 3700 block of Gus Thomasson Road. The man was found dead with “signs of trauma,” police said.

Officers have attempted to contact the suspect in the slaying, said Mesquite police Sgt. Brian Parrish.

Original post at 2:06 p.m. Sunday: Police are investigating after a man was found dead Sunday under “suspicious circumstances” in a Mesquite apartment complex.

Officers responded to a deceased person call around 10:30 a.m. at the Churchill Crossing Apartments in the 3700 block of Gus Thomasson Road, Mesquite police said.

The man, who has not been identified, was found dead with “signs of trauma” inside an apartment, police said. Officials did not say how the man died.

Fort Worth police Chief Jeffrey Halstead (Fort Worth Police Department)

Fort Worth police Chief Jeffrey Halstead announced Tuesday he is retiring in January after six years leading the department.

Halstead met with the Fort Worth City Council on Tuesday to discuss his retirement. He plans to step down Jan. 9, 2015. Officials have not announced an interim replacement for the top cop.

Halstead said wants to devote his time to work on his Fort Worth-based consulting firm. City council members expressed support for Halstead and the policies he put in place during his tenure.

He also denied that his retirement has anything to do with one group’s recent request for him to be fired.

In recent months, a group representing minority police officers has called for Halstead to be fired for his handling of grievances filed by black officers. Sgt. Roy Hudson, president of the Fort Worth Black Law Enforcement Officers Association, requested Halstead’s dismissal in August.

Hudson did not respond to a request for comment Tuesday.

“Through his acts of commission and omission, he has irreparably harmed the careers of many minority officers, and irrevocably severed any line of trust between himself and minority officers,” Hudson wrote in a statement in August.

There have been several high-profile complaints against the police department during Halstead’s tenure. The city of Fort Worth offered a $2 million settlement in 2010 to the family of a man who was killed by a police officer with a Taser. Michael Patrick Jacobs Jr. died April 18, 2009, after he was shocked for 54 seconds. The 24-year-old man had a history of mental illness.

Officers responded to a call after Jacobs’ family said the man was acting aggressively. An officer later said she accidentally shocked Jacobs for 49 seconds and then again for 5 seconds. The Tarrant County medical examiner ruled Jacobs’ death a homicide, but a Tarrant County grand jury declined to indict the officers involved.

In June 2009, the department was widely criticized for a raid at Rainbow Lounge, a well-known gay bar. One man suffered a serious head injury during the raid, and witnesses described officers as being overly aggressive. Three officers were disciplined following the raid, and Halstead ordered policy revisions to change how bar checks were conducted.

Halstead later signed a written policy banning “biased-based policing.”

In May 2013, a 72-year-old man was shot and killed in his garage after two officers responded to the wrong house for a burglary call. The officers went to Jerry Waller’s home instead of the house across the street. Waller, who was armed with a handgun, went into his garage to investigate.

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported that Waller had been shot seven times.

A Tarrant County grand jury declined to indict the officer involved in the shooting. The second officer was not criminally charged.

Julie Fancher contributed to this report.