
A 24-year-old woman is facing a murder charge after police say she lit her boyfriend on fire at an Arlington gas station and fled the scene. Breana Johnson of Arlington was initially charged with one count of aggravated assault.
Her charge will be upgraded to murder after the victim, 25-year-old Ricky Doyle of Arlington, succumbed to his injuries at a nearby hospital Tuesday.
The incident began around 8:45 p.m. on July 18, when police were called to a nearby residence on a domestic violence report. The caller, who is the victim’s sister, told officers that Johnson had hit Doyle before the couple left in a car.
Minutes later, 911 received multiple phone calls about a man on fire outside a EZ Mart/Shell gas station in the 1900 block of East Mayfield Road. When the couple first arrived at the gas station, the two had been arguing, according to witnesses and video footage, police said in a news release Wednesday.
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Source: Fort Worth Star Telegram, Jessika Harkay
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