2020-07-17 Allen

One man dead after shooting in west Amarillo, suspect at large

On July 17, at around 2:01 p.m., Amarillo Police Department officers were called to a home on South Tennessee Street on an assault.

When officers arrived, they found 42-year-old Barry Ray Hemphill dead from a gunshot wound to the upper body.[1]

APD Homicide Detectives identified 29-year-old Darius Qumaine Allen as the suspect in the shooting.

Police said they were still looking for Allen.

The Amarillo Police Department is searching for a suspect tied to a shooting that left one man...|300

April 30, 2021 Allen arrested

On April 30, 2021, Amarillo police said that Allen had been arrested in Houston, Texas. Allen was located and apprehended by the Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force.

Allen was booked into Harris County jail on charges of murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.[2]

April 19, 2022

On April 19, 2022, Allen appeared in court and agreed to a plea bargain wherein he was sentenced to 25 years in TDCJ.

Date filed Case No. Charge County Bond Court Judge Atty Disp
05/28/2021 079185-A-CR AGG ASSAULT W/DW Potter 30,000.00 47th Schaap Hammons 25 years

  1. https://www.newschannel10.com/2020/07/17/one-man-dead-after-shooting-west-amarillo-suspect-large/ ↩︎

  2. https://abc7amarillo.com/news/local/suspect-arrested-in-2020-murder-of-barry-hemphill ↩︎