A local man arrested Tuesday on a murder charge in connection with the May 29 shooting death of his 6-year-old daughter allegedly said it was an accident on the night of her death, according to an affidavit.
Jordan Thomas Chadick, 44, of 200 Springwood Road, Unit A-1, was taken into custody shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday during a traffic stop on Greenway Street on a felony count of first-degree murder, punishable by up to life in prison, and was booked into the Garland County Detention Center less than an hour later.
Chadick was being held on zero bond and was set to appear Wednesday in Garland County District Court. Emily White, a special prosecutor with the state office of the prosecutor coordinator, has been appointed to represent the state in the case after the Garland County prosecuting attorney's office recused.