Police nab suspect in city's latest murder

Wichita Falls Police have nabbed a suspect in the city's most recent homicide.

Thursday morning officers of the Patrol Section and Special Operations Unit tracked down and arrested 33-year-old Darren Jerome King for a murder charge in connection with the death of Deron Royster on May 12.

Anyone charged with a crime is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Officers obtained an arrest warrant for King and found him in the 1600 block Hamlin Avenue, according to police. After a foot pursuit, they located him hiding in a chicken coop and took him into custody.

Police had found Royster suffering from an eye injury at a house in the 1400 block of New Haven Road, according to a police media release. He was taken to the United Regional Health Care System and then transported to a Fort Worth hospital where he died. Police learned he had been shot.

His was the fourth homicide in Wichita Falls in 2024.

This article originally appeared on Wichita Falls Times Record News: Police nab suspect in city's latest murder