Teenager remains jailed facing murder charge after deadly shooting in local neighborhood

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Judarius Degrate, 17, remained in the McLennan County Jail Friday facing a murder charge after a shooting in a North Waco neighborhood that claimed the life of a 30-year-old man.

Degrate’s bond had not been set late Friday morning.

He’s also on a Texas Juvenile Justice Department hold, according to online records.

Degrate was arrested after officers responded to a report of the shooting just before 5 p.m. Thursday in the area of North 16th Street and Providence Drive and found the victim, Sylvester Dixon, with a gunshot wound to the upper torso, Officer Garen Bynum said Friday.

“The victim was quickly transported to a local hospital, but later died as a result of his wounds,” Bynum said.

The shooting stemmed from a disturbance that started inside a home in the 1600 block of North 16th, Bynum, said.

Police think Dixon was Degrate’s stepfather, Dixon said.

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