Murder Suspect Who Cut Ankle Monitor Arrested
Murder Suspect Who Cut Ankle Monitor Arrested
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A 19-year-old already charged with one murder — and free on bond until he allegedly cut off his ankle monitor — has been arrested for a second killing in North Texas.
Forney police say Mysiah Clark was taken into custody Sept. 4 in Dallas, the second suspect arrested in the July 26 shooting death of 22-year-old Erma Shalansia Qualls inside her own home.
Investigators call the attack targeted, but say Qualls was not the intended target. A child was in the house when she was shot.
The first suspect, 18-year-old Jakub East-Walker, was arrested days after the killing and charged with first-degree murder.
Timeline
Charles Robinson, 15, is shot and killed on Overton Road in Dallas. Clark is later charged with his murder, according to FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth, which cited court records.
U.S. Marshals arrest Clark in that case. The task force officer who made the arrest said Clark had no prior criminal history at the time and was granted bond.
Clark posts a $100,000 bond and walks out of jail. One condition of his release: wear an ankle monitor.
The Dallas County District Attorney's Office reports Clark for violating the electronic monitoring program, saying the device placed him at unauthorized locations in Mesquite.
Rather than answer the violations, Clark cuts the monitor off and leaves it where he was staying, U.S. Marshals said. A warrant goes out for his arrest, but officers cannot find him.
Forney officers respond to a shooting call in the 3000 block of Eagle Ridge and find Qualls dead at the scene. Police say both suspects knew the victim and others in the home, and fled on foot before leaving the area in a vehicle.
Forney police announce East-Walker's arrest on a first-degree murder charge. Clark remains at large and the manhunt goes national.
Dallas police arrest Clark. Forney police said he was stopped during a traffic stop in Dallas and held there.
Reactions
Forney Police Chief Carrie White did not hide her anger while the two were being hunted. "First of all, you're talking about two cowards. Two cowards. Two cowards that left this area after killing somebody that need to be caught," she told NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth. "One has already done it before."
"I'm not putting up with this. The Forney Police Department is not putting up with this type of violence," White said. "We will do what we can to hunt down who we can in order to bring justice to the people."
Officer B.K. Nelson of the U.S. Marshals North Texas Fugitive Task Force — who arrested Clark the first time in 2025 — told FOX 4 the case had come full circle. "We're back at it again with Mr. Clark and trying to resolve this as safe and quickly as possible," he said.
Nelson said Clark was surviving on help from others and warned them off. "If you help Mr. Clark evade authorities, you give him shelter, you give him money, you give him food, give him a place to stay, and we find out about it, you're going to be going to jail yourself," he said.
Qualls' family declined to speak publicly, telling NBC 5 they were too distraught.
What's Next
Clark now faces a murder charge in Qualls' death on top of the 2025 case in which he was indicted in the killing of a 15-year-old boy — a case that was still pending when he disappeared.
East-Walker's first-degree murder case moves through Kaufman County, where Forney sits.
Expect scrutiny of the bond decision that put Clark back on the street. Dallas County released him on $100,000 with electronic monitoring; the monitor flagged violations in June, and by the time the county moved to revoke, he had already cut it off.
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Forney is a fast-growing city of commuters roughly 20 miles east of Dallas, and the killing landed in a neighborhood where residents told CBS Texas that growth has come with new safety worries.
Police said the search was aided by home surveillance video and license plate-reading cameras. Both suspects have ties to Dallas and Mesquite.
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