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Amarillo Police Department
Friday January 12th, 2024 :: 11:34 a.m. CST

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An Arrest has been made in the murder of Markell Toombs Reed.

AMARILLO POLICE DEPARTMENT
MEDIA/PUBLIC RELEASE
 
DATE: January 11, 2024
TIME:   5PM
CASE NUMBER:  23-501425
INCIDENT TYPE: Murder
OFFICER SUBMITTING RELEASE: Lt. James Clements-Homicide; Sgt. Carla Burr-PIO
 
DETAILS: 
An arrest has been made in connection with the murder of Markell Toombs-Reed on January 26, 2023.  On Thursday, January 11, 2024, Kevin Fortuna, age 18, was arrested for On View Murder and Tampering with Physical Evidence and he was booked into the Randall County Sheriff’s Detention Center.  This investigation is still ongoing.
 
If anyone has any information regarding this homicide, please call the Amarillo Police Homicide Unit at 806-378-9468 or call Homicide Detective Sgt. Cory Jones at 806-378-4084.
 

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Amarillo Police Department
200 SE 3rd Ave
Amarillo, TX 79101

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 806-378-4257

Carla Burr
Public Information Office
[email protected]
806-378-4257

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