At approximately 4 a.m. Monday, Jan. 14, the Garland Police Department responded to the report of a gunshot wound at a residence in the 200 block of East Taylor Drive.
Upon the officers’ arrival, they observed a male subject inside the residence suffering from a gunshot wound. Garland Fire Department paramedics responded and transported him to the hospital where he later died from his injuries.
Officers learned that there had been a disturbance between two brothers at the location. It is believed that one of the brothers, identified as 18-year-old Brendan Demarcus Edwards, produced a handgun and shot the victim, his brother.
Edwards left the location but later turned himself in at the Garland jail. He is charged with Murder. No bond has been set.
The victim is identified as 26-year-old Ryan Christopher Smart.
The investigation of the alleged murder is ongoing but this is believed to be an isolated incident.