FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:
August 29, 2007 Trent Touchstone, Supervisory Deputy Marshal
(214) 770-3512
 
DFW FAST Captures Suspect in High School Coach’s Murder
 
DFW FAST LogoDallas, TX - According to Dallas Police reports, on August 20, 2007 two unknown males approached Samuel West, 63, in the parking lot of a church in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas. West was robbed by the two men and shot and killed. West was a Kimball high school coach. The unknown males fled the scene. On August 23, 2007 Dallas Police homicide detectives identified Jajuan Foster, 19, and Gcorey Jones, 18, as primary suspects in the coach’s murder. Arrest warrants for Capital Murder were issued in the early morning hours of August 24, 2007. On August 24, 2007 Dallas Police SWAT officers arrested Jones, but Foster managed to elude law enforcement officers. After eluding law enforcement for three days, Dallas Police Officers, Deputy Sheriffs and Deputy United States Marshals assigned to the Dallas Fort Worth Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (DFW FAST) developed information that Foster was hiding out at 2710 Jeffries Dallas, Texas. At approximately 4:10 pm on August 28, 2007 DFW FAST Strike Team Officers surrounded the location and arrested Foster without incident.

According to Randy Ely, United States Marshal for the Northern District of Texas, the main function of DFW FAST is to coordinate & assist state and local departments in the apprehension of violent criminals. By working together, DFW FAST has managed to arrest over 5500 violent criminals since 2004. DFW FAST consists of thirteen agencies including the Dallas and Fort Worth Police Departments.

For more information about DFW FAST:
http://www.usmarshals.gov/district/tx-n/taskforces/index.html.