Three juveniles were killed, and two others were wounded in separate shootings within a 24-hour period last Sunday across North Texas.
DENTON COUNTY
Denton County deputies responded to a call of a reported gunshot victim around 2 a.m. Sunday morning at the intersection of Elk Point Drive and Cove Meadow Drive in the Hilltown neighborhood near Little Elm.
When deputies arrived on the scene, they found the victim, 17-year-old Brayan Alvarez, receiving treatment from medics for a gunshot wound. Alvarez was transported to an area hospital, where he was pronounced deceased, according to the Denton County Sheriff’s Department Facebook page.
The case is under investigation, and anyone with any information is urged to call the Denton County Sheriff’s Office CID Lieutenant Kincy Lloyd at 940-349-1677.
FORT WORTH
Later the same day, around 2:15 p.m., three children were hit in a drive-by shooting in the front yard of a home in the 8500 block of Steel Dust Drive on the north side of Fort Worth.
All three were transported to a nearby hospital, where 17-year-old Jamarrien Monroe and 5-year-old Rayshard Scott were pronounced dead. The third victim, an 18-month-old, was injured in the shooting but is expected to survive, police said.
Fort Worth police believe an unknown number of suspects drove to the home, opened fire on the victims in the front yard, and then drove away, as The Dallas Express previously reported.
The suspects are still at large. Anyone with information on the incident is urged to call the Fort Worth Police Department at 817-392-4336.
DALLAS
A 5-year-old child was wounded by gunfire in Pleasant Grove Sunday evening while riding in a car.
Dallas police officers were called to the scene in the 1200 block of Carbona Drive, near Loop 12 and Lake June Road in southeast Dallas, at about 9:07 p.m.
The victim was struck in the torso when a white four-door sedan opened fire on the vehicle in which the child was riding. The shooting is believed to have happened in the 100 block of N. Jim Miller Road, according to police.
Two adults who were in the car with the victim drove to a nearby fire station for help.
Police believe the occupants of the two vehicles may have exchanged gunfire but have not determined a motive. They have not ruled out road rage as a possibility.
The 5-year-old child was taken to a nearby hospital and is in stable condition.