{"id":1501093,"date":"2026-04-26T16:20:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T21:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1501093"},"modified":"2026-04-29T01:15:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T06:15:41","slug":"prom-party-turns-fatal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1501093","title":{"rendered":"One killed in shooting at Polk County prom party, 3 arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE:<\/strong> A 16-year-old was taken into custody and charged with unlawful carrying of a weapon and manslaughter in connection with the deadly shooting. The Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office says he may face additional charges and will remain in custody at the juvenile detention center. <\/p>\n

POLK COUNTY — Three people were arrested on Sunday after a 20-year-old was fatally shot at an after-prom party in Polk County. According to the Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office and our news partner KETK, dispatchers received calls that 20-year-old Jeremy Lamar Bennett was shot at a location off of US Highway 146 in Polk County at around 1:07 a.m. on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Deputies arrived at the scene and started to try and save Bennett\u2019s life when a fight broke out in the crowd at the scene. This diverted efforts to try and save Bennett\u2019s life as deputies tried to stop the fighting in the crowd.<\/p>\n

EMS then arrived to take Bennett to a local hospital where he was later pronounced dead from his wounds. The sheriff\u2019s office said investigators believe that Bennett was shot when an after-prom party grew into a larger party where alcohol, marijuana and firearms were involved.<\/p>\n

According to a press release, the party eventually led to a fight in which gunfire hit Bennett, fatally injuring him. The following three men were arrested in connection to the party:<\/p>\n

The sheriff\u2019s office said that, Osvaldo Daniel Alvarez, 19, was arrested for deadly conduct after he told deputies that he invited the crowd to his home to continue the party. Gabriel Ramirez Jr., 21, was charged with deadly conduct for allegedly discharging a firearm and Jon R. Villarreal, 19, was arrested for unlawfully carrying a weapon.<\/p>\n

\u201cSheriff Lyons and the Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office expressed their condolences to Jeremy\u2019s family, stating that the loss of such a young life is heartbreaking and could have been prevented,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office said. \u201cHe also urged the youth of Polk County to avoid situations involving large crowds, alcohol, drugs and weapons, emphasizing the importance of making safe choices and leaving potentially dangerous environments to return home safely.\u201d<\/p>\n

A search warrant was executed at the US Highway 146 property as part of an ongoing homicide investigation with the sheriff\u2019s office and the Texas Rangers. During the search, officials recovered six firearms and undisclosed amounts of alcohol and drugs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UPDATE: A 16-year-old was taken into custody and charged with unlawful carrying of a weapon and manslaughter in connection with the deadly shooting. The Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office says he may face additional charges and will remain in custody at the juvenile detention center. POLK COUNTY — Three people were arrested on Sunday after a … Continue reading One killed in shooting at Polk County prom party, 3 arrested<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2851],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1501093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-state-news-archive"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-15 14:50:16","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1501093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1501093"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1501093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1501967,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1501093\/revisions\/1501967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1501093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1501093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1501093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}