Twin brothers were arrested last week on murder charges after detectives said they hunted down a man who once robbed them at gunpoint and forced them to strip naked, then shot him outside his workplace late last year. The suspects — Samuel and Solomon Gbadebo, both 20 — were booked into the Tarrant County Jail on Jan. 15.
Investigators say the case stems from two November 2025 killings: the Nov. 15 shooting death of 19-year-old Devan Randles at an apartment complex and the Nov. 30 ambush of 20-year-old Isaiah Gonzales in the parking lot of Flips Patio Grill, where Gonzales worked. According to a search-warrant affidavit summarized by local outlets, a confidential tipster told detectives that Gonzales had robbed the Gbadebo twins in 2021, holding them at gunpoint and recording video as they were forced to strip. Detectives later located a copy of that video in Gonzales’ possession and used facial recognition to confirm the twins were the victims, the affidavit says. The detail, coupled with surveillance footage and vehicle records, pushed the investigation forward.
Police say Gonzales walked to a car with his girlfriend around 2 a.m. Nov. 30 when two men appeared near the edge of the lot and opened fire through the windshield. Gonzales was rushed to a hospital and died. Surveillance video captured the shooters fleeing; witnesses described a white Nissan sedan speeding away. In the earlier case, Randles was shot in a complex lot as residents reported a group breaking into cars. Officers did not say how the argument escalated before gunfire. A white Nissan Altima seen leaving the Randles scene was later traced to the twins’ mother, according to the affidavit. Detectives also recovered digital records and phone data they say link the brothers to both locations.
Samuel and Solomon Gbadebo were arrested during a January operation after an initial December raid yielded no seizures. Both face murder counts; a judge will set future court dates after prosecutors review the files for possible indictments. Authorities have not announced additional suspects or explained the brothers’ connection to Randles beyond placing their family car near the scene. Bond details were not immediately available in public summaries. Police have not said whether the handgun or handguns used in either shooting have been recovered.
The affidavit outlines how the 2021 gunpoint robbery became a central thread. Detectives say the tipster’s account — that the twins were humiliated, robbed and filmed — matched a video later found among Gonzales’ belongings. Investigators reported using facial-recognition software to verify the twins’ identities in that clip. It is unclear whether Gonzales was ever arrested or charged in the 2021 case. Fort Worth police have not described a motive in Randles’ killing, and they have not linked him to the earlier robbery.
The shootings unfolded on Fort Worth’s north and west sides during late-night and early-morning hours when restaurants and apartment lots empty out. At Flips Patio Grill, workers said they watched officers mark bullet holes through a windshield as managers huddled with staff. At the apartment complex, residents woke to yellow tape and a forensics van. A white Nissan appeared in both timelines, investigators said, first escaping the Randles scene and later spotted near Gonzales’ workplace. The sedan was registered to the suspects’ mother, a detail police said helped narrow their search.
Detectives are compiling a full case file: surveillance clips from both scenes, license-plate hits, phone records, and interviews with the confidential source and other witnesses. Prosecutors will review whether to pursue separate indictments for each homicide and whether to argue a revenge motive in Gonzales’ death. The Tarrant County medical examiner will maintain autopsy records as evidence. Defense attorneys had not spoken publicly as of midweek.
As of Wednesday, Samuel and Solomon Gbadebo remained jailed on murder charges as the district attorney’s office evaluates the cases for presentation to a grand jury. Police said no further arrests were pending. The next milestone is a charging decision and initial court settings that would move the case into preliminary hearings.
Author note: Last updated January 21, 2026.