LONGVIEW — Police say an inmate who just finished a state prison term in a firearms case has been arrested and charged in the 2016 shooting deaths of two women at a Longview apartment complex.

Gregg County jail records show Jordan Malik Carter of Longview was being held Tuesday on a charge of capital murder of multiple persons, with $1 million bond.

Carter on Monday completed a prison term in Huntsville for his conviction in a 2015 weapons case. He was sentenced in September 2016.

Longview police say Carter was immediately arrested on a warrant related to the August 2016 deaths of two women — Melekia Montgomery and Alexis Johnson.

Lt. Shane McCarter on Tuesday had no immediate additional details on either case.

Jail records didn’t immediately list an attorney representing Carter.

 

Police: 4 found dead in home
members of same family

FORT WORT — Investigators say four people found dead inside a Texas home were members of the same family and that all were shot.

Fort Worth police said in a news release Tuesday that the bodies of the man, woman, boy and girl were found in the home in a residential development in the northern part of the city. Police haven’t specifically said that the four were shot to death.

The circumstances around their deaths remain unclear and police spokesman Buddy Calzada says no determination has been made on whether it was a murder-suicide. Authorities say they’re not looking for any suspects.

Officers went to the home Monday after receiving a call about the family. Authorities have released few details and have not released the names or ages of the family members.

United Airlines agent
charged for racial slur

HOUSTON — A United Airlines airport agent is accused of using a racial slur against a customer and faces a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct.

The charge against Carmella Davano was filed in municipal court in Houston last month after a Feb. 26 incident at Bush Intercontinental Airport. United says Davano has been removed from working while the airline investigates the incident.

Houston Police spokesman Victor Senties said Tuesday that passenger Cacilie Hughes, who is black, and two witnesses told officers that the agent called her a monkey.

Hughes told police that after her plane arrived in Houston, she walked on the tarmac to see if workers were unloading bags, and Davano yelled at her to return inside the terminal. Hughes said the confrontation occurred after she asked Davano for a supervisor so she could discuss other issues about the flight.

Senties said officers issued a citation against Davano. The charge is punishable by a fine of up to $500. A jury trial is scheduled for June 3.

 

Houston high school’s new
dress code aimed at parents

HOUSTON — A Houston high school had adopted a new dress code that targets parents rather than students.

James Madison High School will turn away parents if they appear wearing pajamas, hair rollers or leggings. Bonnets also are banned.

The Houston Chronicle reports that Houston school district policy allows schools to establish standards for student attire and grooming, but no policy exists concerning parents.

Tomiko Miller, the mother of a Madison High student, says the code is discriminatory. Miller says it’s no one’s business if she decides to wear a bonnet to protect her hair when it rains.

Madison High’s dress code was established shortly after KPRC-TV reported that a parent attempting to enroll her child was asked to leave because of her attire, which included a headscarf and a T-shirt dress.