A passenger was wounded Thursday morning in the third shooting on Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) trains since late September.
Shots erupted on a DART train near Akard Station in downtown Dallas around 11 a.m. November 7, according to Fox 4. An adult victim was taken to a local hospital, and the suspect fled before police arrived.
The scene was clear by 12:30 p.m., as WFAA reported. DART Police coordinated with local law enforcement and later arrested a suspect. Officials released no further details.
DART Public Relations Director Jasmyn Carter told The Dallas Express police arrested one suspect.
“The victim that was shot is in stable condition,” she said.
Two other shootings also took place on DART lines in Dallas within one week of each other, as The Dallas Express reported at the time.
A 53-year-old Irving restaurant manager was shot and killed near Market Center Station on September 29. A week later, a man wearing a “Jason Voorhees-style hockey mask” opened fire on a train near the Pearl/Arts District Station, killing a 43-year-old passenger.
At the time of the first shooting, DART Police Chief Charles Cato told The Dallas Express crime had been decreasing across the system for the past year. However, the latest incident has renewed scrutiny of DART’s safety record despite mixed crime trends.
Group A offenses – including arson, assault, robbery, and drug crimes – reported by DART Police have grown 9.13% overall since January, according to the most recent data in the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).
Within these offenses, crimes against persons fell 18.37% and crimes against property fell 25.33%, but crimes against society increased 62.11%. The most common “crimes against society” were drugs, drug paraphernalia, and weapons violations.
Recent DART Coverage and City Backlash
Earlier in the week, several North Texas suburbs — including Highland Park and Farmers Branch, Plano, and Irving — voted to hold 2026 special elections on whether to leave DART, as The Dallas Express previously reported.
City officials have cited ongoing safety concerns, declining ridership, and dissatisfaction with DART’s leadership and funding structure as key reasons for the push to withdraw.
Rider Concerns
After the latest shooting, the administrator of a Facebook page called “Dallas Crime Breaking News” — which has about 96,000 followers — rode a DART train to observe conditions firsthand and shared his experience with The Dallas Express. He asked to be identified only as “Will.”
“What I saw was honestly unbelievable,” Will wrote.
For the first three stops after Bachman station, no DART police were in sight, according to Will. At the West End station, one empty DART police cruiser reportedly sat on the sidewalk. At the St. Paul station, he said he saw two guards.
At the Pearl station, Will reported a “smell of marijuana filling the train,” with no security in yelling distance. From City Place to Forest Lane, the user reported two more guards – but none checking tickets.
At Forest Lane, Will reported three security guards talking among themselves and “not watching anything.”
“This train was crowded, filled with all walks of life, including fare evaders, and yet… no real police presence after multiple violent incidents,” Will wrote. “At this point, it doesn’t look like DART is doing enough – and public safety riders deserve better.”
Another user named Tina Christina replied to the post, saying she takes the Orange Line, which is often empty, and has seen security officers only six times in two years of riding.
Christina said she has also ridden the new Silver Line, which held its inaugural run October 25, as The Dallas Express reported.
“They stay with multiple fare enforcement officers, conductors, and security regularly, which is nice, but downtown Dallas needs it more,” she said.
The Dallas Express asked DART how it is addressing rider safety after multiple violent incidents, but the agency did not respond to that question before publication.