The Ferris Department of Public Safety (DPS) has announced another arrest in connection with the homicide of 17-year-old Sir Robert Wesley Dixon. Dixon died after being shot in the neck on May 10th, at Jerry Watson Memorial Park. His twin, 17-year-old Mister Donald Dwayne Dixon, has been arrested and is believed to be one of the shooters. Detectives have reviewed surveillance footage that shows a large-scale altercation involving juveniles and young adults.
On Monday, Ferris DPS officers apprehended two individuals connected to this homicide that were at large. Both arrests were made without incident. 17-year-old Juliana Jazzlean Pargas was located and arrested at a family member’s home in Lancaster. Pargas is facing a charge of tampering with evidence. The second individual is a juvenile with an outstanding warrant directly related to the incident.
On Tuesday, May 13th, 32-year-old Donald Lofton Jr. was taken into custody in Waxahachie on charges of Failure to Report a Felony and Tampering with Physical Evidence. He has been transported to the Ellis County Jail.
The arrest follows the execution of search warrants at Lofton’s residence and on a vehicle he allegedly used to leave the scene of the homicide. Investigators also executed a separate search warrant on a vehicle impounded since the day of the incident. This vehicle, registered to 18-year-old LaSkie Chandler, was occupied by the juvenile murder suspect and several other individuals at the time of the shooting. The search of Chandler’s vehicle yielded a firearm believed to be the possible murder weapon. The weapon matches witness descriptions and is currently undergoing forensic analysis to confirm its connection to the fatal shooting…