New details have emerged from the tragic shooting of 21-year-old DaShayla Jones in the parking lot of Malibu Jack’s theme park in Texas. Jones brought her 4-year-old son to the amusement park, and he looked on while she was gunned down later that night. Credit: Malibu Jack’s On late Sunday night, police responded to a call at a theme park in Texas. When they arrived on the scene, they found two gunshot victims in the parking, one of whom died at the scene.Police were called to Malibu Jack’s, an indoor theme park in North Richland Hills, Texas, just after midnight on Sunday, after a call about a fight in the theme park’s parking lot. When they arrived, the police found 21-year-old DaShayla Jones dead at the scene, and an unidentified 23-year-old was also shot and transported to a local hospital. He is expected to survive his wounds.Police took three 18-year-olds into custody at the scene, and after interviewing witnesses, it was determined that two of them had nothing to do with Jones’ murder. However, the two were still in police custody on unrelated class C charges that “were placed at the time of the arrest.” Credit: Malibu Jack’sTychriston Reed of Fort Worth, Texas, is facing murder charges, two counts of aggravated assault against a public servant, four counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and two counts of reckless endangerment of a child. Police have since released more details about the altercation that led to Jones’ murder in the parking lot. The altercation started inside the theme park as two groups began fighting over a wristwatch. Reed allegedly assaulted a Malibu Jack’s employee. Credit: Malibu Jack’sJones’ father, Pierre Booker, told a local news station that this isn’t the first time his family has experienced tragedy. In 2019, Jones’ sister, Muhlaysia Booker, a transgender woman, was murdered in Dallas. Booker told reporters that his kids “didn’t even get to see a quarter of their lives.” Jones was a certified nurses’ assistant who brought her son, Princeton, to the amusement park for an evening of fun when the violence took her life. A night of fun at a North Texas indoor theme park ended with gunfire and a woman dead in the parking lot. An 18-year-old is also facing charges. https://t.co/gzHw3BbdpC— FOX 4 NEWS (@FOX4) September 9, 2025According to police reports, after Reed was thrown out of the amusement park, he started firing a gun at people in the parking lot, hitting Jones and a 23-year-old man, who police said was acquainted with Jones. The man survived his wounds. Reed was found a few hours later with what police believe was the murder weapon still on him. If convicted, Reed faces life in prison. The post A Four-Year-Old Looked on as His Mother Was Gunned Down in a Theme Park Parking Lot appeared first on Inside the Magic.