Dallas police are investigating three separate fatal shootings that occurred over the weekend, including the deaths of a teenager and two men, as the city grapples with ongoing violence.
Military Parkway
On Friday evening, 17-year-old Angel Celis-Reyes was fatally shot in East Dallas around 6 p.m. in the 6000 block of Military Parkway. Dallas Fire-Rescue transported Celis-Reyes to a local hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. No suspects have been identified, and the motive remains unclear.
Detective Noel Marez of the homicide unit is investigating the case under number 135396-2025. Authorities are urging anyone with information to contact Marez at 214-671-3673 or [email protected].
Donald Street
At about 9:15 a.m. on Saturday, police responded to a reported shooting in the 2700 block of Donald Street, where they found 26-year-old Calan Gilbert unresponsive. Despite efforts by Dallas Fire-Rescue, he was pronounced dead at the scene. Police found an orange car bumper near Gilbert’s body, and FLOCK cameras showed that an orange Nissan 370 had been in the area that morning.
Following an investigation led by Detective Chanesia Johnson, police determined that the death was a case of vehicular homicide rather than a shooting. Marko Chavez, 22, was arrested on September 21 and charged with murder after confessing to intentionally hitting Gilbert with his car, Fox 4 KDFW reported.
According to a police affidavit, Chavez’s father reported that his son had taken his damaged orange Nissan 370 to the shop for repairs. The vehicle was missing its front bumper and had sustained damage to its windshield and frame. Although Chavez initially claimed a loose tire on the freeway caused the damage, he later confessed to running over Gilbert in the street.
Chavez admitted that he was angry because he believed that his girlfriend was at a party with Gilbert, her ex-boyfriend. Chavez drove to the location of the party to pick her up, and when he saw Gilbert running in the street, he intentionally struck him with the car and then left the scene. The hit-and-run occurred at about 6:15 a.m., but Gilbert’s body was not discovered until about three hours later.
Chavez’s girlfriend’s driver’s license was discovered in Gilbert’s wallet when his body was found. The investigation has been documented under case number 135702-2025.
Cedar Springs Road
In the early hours of Sunday, 48-year-old Thomas Sebastinelli was fatally shot in Dallas’ Oak Lawn neighborhood, a popular entertainment district known for its nightlife and restaurants. Police responded to the 4100 block of Cedar Springs Road around 1:20 a.m. and found Sebastinelli suffering from gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Authorities arrested 32-year-old Earnest Polk at the location, and he now faces murder charges. The circumstances leading to the shooting remain under investigation, with police yet to release details about the motive.
Detective R. Kramer is leading the investigation under case number 7967. Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to contact him at 214-671-3608 or via email at [email protected].
All three investigations are ongoing, and police are appealing to the public for information to help clarify the events surrounding these homicides. The weekend’s violence underscores the persistent challenge of murders in Dallas, particularly in neighborhoods and high-traffic areas like Oak Lawn.
So far this year, 93 homicides have been reported in Dallas, according to the city’s Crime Analytics Overview.
Recently, Dallas voters passed Proposition U in an attempt to improve police assistance in the city. This proposition requires the Dallas Police Department to meet a minimum threshold for both the total number of sworn-in officers and compensation.
Although the Dallas City Council has attempted to meet the regulations set forth by Proposition U, the most important aspects of this bill are still not correctly accounted for in the new budget, with the City Council failing to adequately address both the minimum number of officers and the compensation requirements, as reported by DX.