Amarillo police hunt for suspect in Saturday shooting death

LISA LAMB

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Amarillo police have identified a suspect in an overnight homicide on the city’s north side.

APD’s Special Crimes Unit obtained a murder warrant for Tyzer Torojajomel Daniels. The 41-year-old, who is 6-foot-6 and 220 pounds, had not been found by Saturday evening.

Daniels is sought in the shooting death of Kendrick Rashad Mayes, 34.

Mayes was found dead about 3 a.m. Saturday in a parking lot in the 2300 block of the Fritch Highway, near Northeast 24th Avenue, with a gunshot wound to the chest.

According to his Facebook profile, Mayes was a forklift operator at Tyson Foods and has an infant son.

There was an outpouring of condolences to Mayes’ family on Facebook Saturday. Alice Cleveland described him as a “great, great, person.”