55 a.m., Dallas Police responded to a car crash in the 700 block of E. Ledbetter Drive.
The preliminary investigation determined when officers arrived they found a 14-year-old male had been hit by a vehicle.
The driver stopped and remained at the scene.
Further investigation determined the driver and passenger, 47-year-old James Grant, got into an argument as they drove south on Marsalis Avenue. Grant started struggling with the driver and assaulted them. This continued as they went east onto Ledbetter and Grant reached across the driver causing the car to go off the road and hit the teen, walking in the grass.
Grant stole property from the driver and ran from the scene. The driver called 911.
Officers later located Grant and he was arrested for felony Murder, as he was in the act of committing a felony offense which caused the death of the teen.
The investigation is ongoing and is documented under case numbers 136918-2024 and 136919-2024.