While many enjoyed a three-day weekend for Memorial Day, Dallas saw three reported murders.
Three homicides took place on May 24, according to press releases from the Dallas Police Department. In each case, police found a victim suffering from gunshot wounds. Medics responded, but all three victims died.
Police responded to a shooting call on Roseland Ave. in Old East Dallas at 1:45 a.m., according to a release. When officers arrived, they found 18-year-old DeeAnthony Renaze Armstead “shot at the location.” Dallas Fire-Rescue responded.
Armstead died by homicide at 2:05 a.m., at an “Air B&B” at 4314 Roseland Ave. #104, according to the Dallas County Medical Examiner. Police are asking anyone with information to contact Detective Phillip Wheeler at 214-671-3686 or [email protected].
Just hours later, at 3 a.m., officers responded to another shooting near 6200 East Grand Ave., according to a release. There, they found 36-year-old Jose Melecio Martinez, who had been shot. While Dallas Fire-Rescue responded, he ultimately died.
Martinez died at 3:16 a.m. in Samuell-Grand Park, according to the Dallas County Medical Examiner. Police arrested 23-year-old Angie Lopez, who faces charges of murder, and brought her to the Lew Sterrett Jail. Police are asking anyone with information to contact Detective Yahir Perez at 214-671-4735 or [email protected].
That evening at 5:50 p.m., officers responded to yet another call, this time near 1900 Berkley Ave., according to a release. When they arrived, they found an “unconscious male victim in the alley, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound.” Dallas Fire-Rescue responded, but the victim died.
The victim was 22-year-old Davion NeRay Clines, according to the Dallas County Medical Examiner. He died at 4:10 p.m. in an alleyway at 1922 Berkley Ave. in Elmwood of a “homicide.” Police are asking anyone with information to contact Detective Cody Clark at 214-671-3584 or [email protected].
There have been 3,070 “violent crimes” in Dallas so far this year, according to city data.
Voters passed Proposition U in November, requiring the Dallas Police Department to maintain at least 4,000 sworn officers, as The Dallas Express reported at the time. But according to NBC DFW, at the end of February, the department had just 3,168 officers. Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux aims to boost hiring, he told the outlet, and the city hopes to add 300 officers this year.