A Birmingham teen wanted for a Tarrant homicide was taken into custody, but his co-defendant remains on the run after escaping police custody last week.
Javaris Durome Russell, 19, of Birmingham, was booked into the Jefferson County Jail shortly before 3:30 p.m. Monday. He remains held without bond.
Russell and Eddie Jordan Jr., also 19, are charged with capital murder in the Jan. 22 shooting death of 36-year-old Buford Troman “Pete” White.
Jordan is also charged with the Feb. 5 shooting death of 22-year-old Demarious Antwon Cherry in Birmingham’s Kingston community.
Tarrant police previously announced the charges against the teens and said they, along with the U.S. Marshals, were actively searching for the suspects.
The U.S. Marshal’s Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force and Birmingham police last week took Jordan into custody,
He was taken to the Jefferson County Jail but jail officials said he needed to be checked out at a hospital before he could be booked.
Birmingham police officers took Jordan to UAB Hospital to be examined for a possible injury sustained during the foot chase. It was 9:38 p.m. when authorities say Jordan ran from the hospital and has remained at large since then.
The Tarrant slaying in which the two suspects are charged happened about 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 22, on Mountain Drive.
A neighbor told police White had just backed in his driveway and exited his vehicle when someone opened fire on him.
Police Chief Wendell Major at the time of the homicide said investigators believe White was targeted and said at least 15 shots were fired. White was struck three times in the chest, and the vehicle peppered with bullet holes.
Buford Troman “Pete” White, 36, was gunned down outside his Tarrant home on Jan. 22, 2025.(Contributed)
White’s mother found him wounded and called 911. He was pronounced dead on the scene at 7:33 p.m.
White worked with his father as a concrete finisher. He was also a musician and songwriter.
Major said money and illegal drugs were found at the scene.
Det. Jacob Rouse said White knew at least one of the suspects, but said authorities aren’t disclosing how they knew each at this time.