U.S. District Court Judge Reed O'Connor dismissed the lawsuit against Tarrant County and six individual defendants. It continues against nine other individuals named in the compla

A federal judge dismissed the claims against Tarrant County and six of the named jailers, but nine defendants remain.

A judge dismissed Tarrant County and six other defendants from a civil suit over the death of an inmate at the Tarrant County Jail. Anthony Johnson Jr died while in custody in April 2024 after a struggle with detention officers outside of his cell.

A U.S. district judge dismissed the claims against Tarrant County in the civil case brought by the family of Anthony Johnson Jr., who was killed at the county jail in April, according to the ruling issued Friday. In addition to the county, Judge Reed O’Connor dismissed six individual defendants named in the original case, the order states.

A district court judge dismissed a lawsuit from the family of a man who died in the Tarrant County jail last year.

The Tarrant County Sheriff's Office says an inmate died after an attempted suicide over the weekend. According to the sheriff's office, the 36-year-old was booked into the jail on Feb. 4 and died at John Peter Smith Hospital on Feb. 8 "following complications from an attempted suicide."

A 36-year-old man died in the Tarrant County Jail Saturday following complications from an attempted suicide. He was the first person to die in the jail this year.

The 36-year-old man had been screened multiple times and showed no warning signs of suicidal behavior, officials said.

TARRANT COUNTY, Texas — U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor on Friday dismissed claims against Tarrant County in a civil lawsuit filed by the family of Anthony Johnson Jr., who died in custody at the Tarrant County Jail in April 2024, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.