Police find Garland bike store murder suspect dead, officials say

DALLAS — Garland police say they’ve found the suspected killer of a bike store employee dead in his house from what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

A SWAT unit had gone to the house of the suspect, 58-year-old Wesley Don-Johle, to serve a felony warrant when they found him, police say. 

The bike store employee found dead was identified as 40-year-old James Owen Kencheloe of Mesquite. Don-Johle was an employee at the bike shop who worked with Kencheloe at the location. 

Police said officers responded just after 9 a.m. to Don Johle’s Bike World, at 5513 Broadway Boulevard. The caller, a bike store employee, told officers he arrived to open the business and found the doors were locked but the internal metal gates were open. 

Officers entered the business and found a dead man inside. The man was identified as another employee. 

There were no signs of forced entry, Garland Police said. The death is being investigated as a homicide. 

Police say detectives are not searching for anyone else involved in the incident.

The investigation is ongoing, the department said.