2014-11-25

WANTED: Suspects identified in 3 Amarillo deaths | KVII

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Suspects have now been named in two separate homicides and an aggravated assault that resulted in death that happened in Amarillo.

Anthony Dewayne Campbell (L), Tyrone Dawayne Black (M), Jose Miguel Hernandez (R)

Tue, 25 Nov 2014 19:16:40 GMT — Suspects have now been named in two separate homicides and an aggravated assault that resulted in death that all happened in Amarillo. Two of the homicides happened just this past Sunday.

SUSPECT NUMBER 1 The first incident where a suspect was named happened back on Oct. 16. The suspect was identified as being 37-year-old Anthony Dewayne Campbell.

He is wanted on a charge of Aggravated Assault Causing Bodily Injury. Campbell also has an outstanding warrant in Potter County for Burglary of a Motor Vehicle.

Amarillo police said Campbell frequently stays in motels along Amarillo Boulevard. He is believed to still be in the Amarillo area.

It was on Oct. 16 when officers were called to the 3000-block of East Amarillo Boulevard on the report of an assault. Officers arrived to find a man lying in the parking lot.

The man, later identified as 47-year-old Michael Todd Williams, was released from the hospital and sent home on Oct. 21. On Oct. 25, police said Williams returned to the hospital and died on Oct. 26.

An autopsy was ordered. Preliminary autopsy results showed Williams died from pneumonia as a complication of blunt force traums to the upper body.

SUSPECT NUMBER 2 The second incident where a suspect was named was a homicide that happened early Sunday morning at Paradise Club. The suspect was identified as 22-year-old Tyrone Dawayne Black.

Black is now wanted on a Murder warrant out of Potter County. Officers checked several areas and addresses but have still been unable to find him.

Police said Black has connections to several friends and associated in the Amarillo area. Other leads have also indicated Black may have connections to Lubbock, Texas, and the state of California. Black, according to police, is from Eaden Prairie, Minnesota, and still has family living in the Amarillo area.

Black, police said, should be considered armed and dangerous. He is accused of killing Eric Ontario Smith, Jr, in the parking lot of Paradise Club in the 700-block of North Fillmore Street. Several witnesses reported a man approached Smith in the parking lot and shot him. Witnesses helped police identify the suspect as being Black.

Preliminary autopsy results showed Smith died from a gunshot wound to the back of the head.

SUSPECT NUMBER 3The third incident where a suspect was named happened Sunday night in the 1600-block of North Garfield. The suspect was named on Tuesday afternoon as 21-year-old Jose Miguel Hernandez.

Hernandez, police said, reportedly does not have access to a vehicle. Police are continuing to search Amarillo for him.

Hernandez is accused of killing 23-year-old Sal Ramirez. In this incident, officers were called to the 1600-block of North Garfield at about 9 p.m., on the report of a stabbing.

Officers found Ramirez stabbed in his head.

Witnesses helped police identify the suspect as being Hernandez.