Dalton James Prater's Murder Story Analysis

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This one particular story is just crazy, how could you just kill someone with no remorse. On fox 4 news there was a terrible incident that had transpired. The day of June 12 located in the area of Mesquite Texas it was affirmed that two young men were shot and murdered in cold blood during the day around 4:00 pm.The newscast says the victims were selling drugs. The drug deal soon turns into a robbery escalated into a bigger crime a murder. Dalton James Prater was a young black African American men 18 years of age who was declared dead at the crime scene. Jacoby Bradley Hollett another young black African American man that was only 19 years of age but was taken to the hospital then soon died there. There were two people responsible for the

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