Two charged in death of a Wichita Falls man shot while grilling his dinner

Two men were in the Wichita County Jail Saturday, charged with capital murder, according to court and jail records.

Marqwon Griffin and MH Griffin III are charged in the shooting death of Brandon Lane Clampit, 50, in the 1500 block of Smith Street on June 20.

Both men were being held Saturday in the Wichita County Jail on a $750,000 bond each for a charge of capital murder by terroristic threat or other felony, according to online jail records.

Marqwon Griffin was also being held on a $100,000 bond for a charge of aggravated robbery. Police allege he stole a cell phone from a woman at gunpoint June 15, several days before Clampit was shot.

Anyone charged with a crime is presumed innocent until convicted in a court of law.

According to allegations in arrest warrants filed in the case, Wichita Falls Police were able to use surveillance video from the area of the crime and Clampit's cell phone, which contained messages about an illicit drug deal.

The affidavit said the video showed the clothing the suspects were wearing as they approached the scene and even captured the muzzle flash from the gunshot.

Police tracked Marqwon Griffin to a convenience store on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard on Thursday. After a brief pursuit, they arrested him.

Police also got a warrent to search Marqwon Griffin's residence on Gerald Street.

According to a press release from the Wichita Falls Police Department, the SWAT team converged on the residence late Friday afternoon and detained several people for questioning.

One of them was MH Griffin, who told officers Clampit was shot during a marijuana transaction, according to police allegations. He said Marqwon Griffin had been discussing the deal with Clampit by cell phone, and he and Marqwon approached the man as he grilled food outside his residence.

MH Griffin said that when the transaction was complete, Marqwon pulled a gun and demanded Clampit give him everything he had.

He said Marqwon Griffin then shot Clampit with a .9-millimeter handgun, and the two suspects fled the scene, according to allegations. Marqwon Griffin declined to talk to police and requested a lawyer.

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