FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth reporter Peyton Yager lays out a case that reads like a grim loop: two killings, two weeks apart, and two crime scenes sitting almost on top of each other across Western Center Boulevard in north Fort Worth.
Yager says investigators now believe the same set of suspects – twin brothers Samuel Gbadebo and Solomon Gbadebo, both 20 – are tied to both shootings.
And the details, as Yager describes them from police paperwork and a newly obtained search warrant, are not small. They’re the kind that stick in your head.
A suspect vehicle appears on surveillance video on both nights, Yager reports, and Fort Worth police say that vehicle was registered to the twins’ mother.
That one fact matters because it creates a spine for the timeline. It suggests these weren’t random, disconnected bursts of violence.
It suggests movement, planning, and a pattern.
The First Killing: A Teen Found With Gloves And A Mask
Peyton Yager reports the first murder happened in the early morning hours of November 15, at a north Fort Worth apartment complex near I-35W and Western Center Boulevard.
The victim, Yager says, was 19-year-old Devan Randles.
Fort Worth police believe Randles was at the complex with other people and was breaking into vehicles, according to what Yager found in the court documents.
Yager adds a visual detail that makes the scene even stranger: investigators believe Randles was found with a surgical mask and gloves on.
That’s the kind of detail that paints the picture police want the public to see—someone moving in the dark, hiding, trying not to leave prints.
But it also raises another uncomfortable reality: even if police suspect criminal activity, that doesn’t explain why the night ends in a killing.
A lot of disputes and petty crimes never reach that point. Something made this one tip.
Yager says the suspect vehicle tied to the twins shows up again later, which becomes important when investigators start connecting the two cases.
The Second Killing: A Targeted Attack After A Shift Ends
Two weeks later, Peyton Yager reports, a second murder unfolds just across the street.
This time, the setting shifts from an apartment complex to a business: Flip’s Patio Grill.
Yager says investigators determined 20-year-old Isaiah Gonzales, an employee at the restaurant, finished his shift on November 30 and was shot in his vehicle in the parking lot.
Fort Worth police believed it looked like a targeted hit, Yager reports, based on the evidence described in a newly obtained search warrant.
Yager also reports that surveillance video from Flip’s showed two suspects in hoodies emerging from tall grass, waiting for Gonzales and his girlfriend to reach his vehicle, and then opening fire.
That detail – waiting in the grass – makes it feel less like a sudden confrontation and more like an ambush.
And when something looks like an ambush, the “why” becomes the main question.
Yager says a witness told police the second killing was “payback,” revenge for a robbery years earlier.
The Revenge Claim And The Video That Changed The Case
Peyton Yager reports investigators received a tip that Gonzales had robbed the twins four years earlier.
The tip, as Yager recounts it, was ugly: the robbery allegedly involved Gonzales forcing the twins to undress at gunpoint.
That’s not just theft. That’s humiliation and trauma. It’s the kind of story that, if true, can fester for years.
Yager says investigators then found something that pushed the tip into a different category: police located a video on Gonzales’ phone showing two naked young men being held at gunpoint.
According to Yager, investigators used facial recognition software to identify the young men in the video as the twin brothers.
If that sequence of steps holds up, it’s a huge connective thread – linking the alleged prior robbery to the later murder.
But it also opens up questions that don’t go away.
Facial recognition can be powerful, but it’s also controversial, and the public rarely gets to see how confident the match was, what the margins of error were, or how it was verified beyond software.
Yager doesn’t present it as a final verdict. She presents it as what police say they used to identify suspects.
And that distinction matters, because in a case like this, the evidence will eventually have to stand up under scrutiny, not just on TV.
Still, if you step back, the storyline Peyton Yager is describing is brutally simple: police believe the twins never forgot what they claim happened to them, and that at least one of these killings was revenge.
The Chase, The Fence, And A Neighborhood Caught In The Middle
One of the most human moments in Peyton Yager’s reporting has nothing to do with the suspects and everything to do with collateral damage.
Yager visits Mary Aguado at her Garden Acres home in Fort Worth.
A month after a high-speed chase ended in Aguado’s front yard, Yager says Aguado’s fence is still damaged, still a reminder of the chaos that landed at her doorstep.
“We don’t really hang out outside anymore,” Aguado tells Yager.
That line says a lot without any extra drama. People change how they live when they feel like violence can spill over at random.
Aguado also gives Yager a blunt, almost resigned take on the suspect fleeing from police: “I mean, you’re gonna go to prison for murder. There’s no, there’s nothing gonna hold you back.”
It’s not just anger. It’s fear. If someone believes they’re facing a murder charge, the thinking can become reckless fast.
Aguado tells Yager she’s paying for the fence repairs herself, hoping for a guardrail, and still thankful no one in her family was hurt when the chase ended there.
That part is easy to overlook, but it’s real. People who aren’t suspects still pay—financially, emotionally, and with their peace of mind.
Arrests, Evidence, And What Comes Next
Peyton Yager reports that on December 12, Samuel Gbadebo was arrested for evading arrest after that Garden Acres pursuit, and he bonded out at the time.
Yager says Fort Worth police didn’t yet have enough evidence connecting him to the two November murders.
Then, Yager reports, the case moved.
This week, Fort Worth’s Fugitive Unit found both brothers at a residence in Burleson and booked them into the Tarrant County Jail.
Yager also points to additional evidence described in the search warrant paperwork. Investigators followed shoe impressions from the Flip’s Patio Grill scene toward the suspect vehicle, Yager says.
And police believe those impressions matched Air Force Ones that belonged to the brothers, according to Yager’s report.
If you’re a regular person watching this, shoe prints can sound flimsy at first—until you remember how often basic, physical evidence ends up being crucial when combined with video and a timeline.
A single clue rarely solves a case. It’s the stack that matters: surveillance, vehicle connections, shoe impressions, tips, digital evidence.
Still, I can’t help thinking about how quickly “revenge” becomes a story people latch onto, because it feels like an explanation.
But even if the revenge theory is true, it doesn’t make the violence logical. It just makes it familiar.
Revenge doesn’t undo the past. It usually just doubles the number of grieving families and adds more bullets to a neighborhood’s memory.
Peyton Yager’s reporting also highlights the eerie geography of this case: two murder scenes across the same street, two weeks apart, linked by the same alleged suspects and the same suspect vehicle.
That kind of proximity is hard to shake. It makes a city block feel like a stage.
Now the hard part begins, the part viewers don’t see in a short segment: what the evidence looks like in court, what holds up, what gets challenged, and how jurors weigh police paperwork against defense arguments.
For now, Yager’s report shows the outline Fort Worth police are working from – a timeline built on video, a tip, a disturbing old recording, and a claim that one killing may have been payback for humiliation that never healed.
Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, John developed a love for the great outdoors early on. With years of experience as a wilderness guide, he’s navigated rugged terrains and unpredictable weather patterns. John is also an avid hunter and fisherman who believes in sustainable living. His focus on practical survival skills, from building shelters to purifying water, reflects his passion for preparedness. When he’s not out in the wild, you can find him sharing his knowledge through writing, hoping to inspire others to embrace self-reliance.
