North Richland Hills police said Zackary Daniel Garza, then 17, was booked on an aggravated-assault charge involving a deadly weapon and serious bodily injury in connection with the shooting death of 17-year-old Alvin Ray Sweet. Police said a female bystander was injured by a stray bullet.
The Tarrant County DA's social media post thanked North Richland Hills police for their work on the case.
FOX 4 reported that Sweet was found slumped over the steering wheel of a Honda after being shot and was taken to a local hospital, where he later died. A food-delivery driver nearby was also struck in the shoulder and treated and released from a hospital, according to FOX 4.
The North Richland Hills Police Department described the shooting in its own release as occurring in the 8400 block of Emerald Hills Way, identifying the victim as Alvin Ray Sweet, a 17-year-old Watauga resident, and noting that a female bystander was injured by a stray bullet. FOX 4, however, reported that officers were dispatched to a shots-fired call in the 8300 block of Emerald Hills Parkway at an apartment complex, and that the bystander was hit by a stray bullet in her shoulder.
Four Arrests Followed Within Weeks
By May 12, 2025, North Richland Hills police said they had made four arrests in connection with the shooting, according to the department's release. Garza, then 17 and listed as a North Richland Hills resident, was booked on an aggravated-assault charge involving a deadly weapon and serious bodily injury at that time, the release states. Police said then that those responsible were known to Sweet and described the motivation for the offense as drug-related.
Three other people were also arrested in connection with the shooting.
Sweet, 17, was killed, and Garza was a teenager when police booked him on an aggravated-assault charge. The Tarrant County DA's office thanked North Richland Hills police for their work on the case in a social media post.
