McKinney police investigate fatal apartment shooting, arrest made on capital murder charge
An 18-year-old was booked on a capital murder charge two days after Jose Herberto Martin, 19, was shot in the neck at south McKinney’s Larkin Apartments.
McKinney police arrested an 18-year-old on a capital murder charge two days after a 19-year-old was fatally shot at the Larkin Apartments on the city’s south side. Officers had responded about 8:30 p.m. June 19 to reports of shots fired at 2301 W. White Street, where they found Jose Herberto Martin inside a vehicle in the parking lot with a gunshot wound to the neck.
Martin was taken to a local hospital and later died. County jail records show Daniel Chavaria was booked into Collin County custody on June 21 and is being held without bond. Police have not publicly said how Chavaria is connected to Martin’s death, and the investigation remains active.
That unresolved link is central to the case. McKinney police initially said no arrest had been publicly tied to the shooting, and detectives are still gathering information about what happened before, during and after the gunfire at the apartment complex. The department asked anyone with information to contact its Crime Tip Line at 972-547-3480 or email CrimeTipLine@mckinneytexas.org, and tips may be submitted anonymously.
The shooting also puts a spotlight on safety at the Larkin Apartments and in the surrounding south McKinney corridor, where dense housing and steady growth have pushed more residents into apartment complexes along major roads such as White Street. Police have not publicly said whether residents or property managers had reported earlier problems at the location.
McKinney’s police department uses its Police 2 Citizen portal and regular news releases to share daily bulletins and updates on current crime events. Those public tools matter in a case like this because the city’s paper trail now runs through both the jail and the courts, and the homicide investigation may add new filings as detectives continue to work it.
The city’s rapid growth gives the case added weight. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated McKinney’s population at 236,001 on July 1, 2025, up from 227,526 a year earlier. Publicly summarized FBI UCR data for 2024 listed 257 violent crimes in McKinney, about 117.3 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, a reminder that serious violence can still erupt even in a fast-growing North Texas city that many families treat as a place built for stability.
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