The Latest: Police: Texas boy killed after woman opens fire
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The Latest on the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old Texas boy (all times local):
5:15 p.m.
Police say a 7-year-old Texas boy died after his father's girlfriend opened fire as he drove away with the boy and two other children.
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Greenville police identified the boy as Kaden Green on Friday. He was shot in the chest and died at a hospital after a witness took him there Thursday afternoon.
Authorities say the woman accused in the shooting, 26-year-old Brooke Craig, was arrested early Friday in the Dallas suburb of Frisco about 45 miles (72 kilometers) west of Greenville. She faces a capital murder charge.
Authorities say she led police on a car chase before her arrest. The boy's father, 24-year-old Cameron Castillo, was a passenger in the car and was arrested for a parole violation.
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Police say the two other children who were in the vehicle are in the custody of the state. A Child Protective Services spokeswoman says they have a 4-year-old boy and 7-year-old girl who are the siblings of Kaden in their custody.
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1:15 p.m.
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A Texas woman is facing a capital murder charge in the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old child.
Police say Brooke Craig was arrested early Friday on a dead-end street in Frisco, a Dallas suburb, after leading police on a car chase. Police say her passenger was arrested for a parole violation.
A Child Protective Services spokeswoman says the passenger is the child's father but that Craig is not the child's mother.
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Police say they were summoned to a home in Greenville on Thursday afternoon. At the same time, they were told a 7-year-old gunshot victim was taken to a hospital and died soon after.
Craig has been named in a capital murder warrant related to that shooting.
Greenville is 50 miles (80 kilometers) northeast of Dallas.