UPDATE: Dallas Police have identified the victim who was killed in an early morning mass shooting in Dallas, Texas as 26-year-old Kealon Dejuane Gilmore and say he was shot in the head. He died at the scene. 11 additional people at the concert were shot and they were taken to hospitals either by private vehicles or ambulances. One person was in critical condition and the others were in stable condition. No arrests have been made.
Aguayo News Previously Reported:
According to police, one person was killed and at least 10 others were injured, including three juveniles, in a mass shooting that happened during a during a trail ride and concert in Dallas.
A statement released by police say that at about 11:30 p.m. Saturday night, officers were called to a field in southeast Dallas where a concert was being held.
When they arrived they found that at least 10 people who had been attending the concert had been shot. Authorities didn’t immediately release the name of the person who was killed.
All the people who had been shot were taken to hospitals. No word yet on the conditions of those that were injured.
Witnesses told local media that about 2,000 people were in attendance at the outdoor event. One woman said she heard the shooting when she got to her car,
“Everybody was running. It was so jam packed right here, you couldn’t get in or out. When I got to my car somebody was shooting. I rolled down my window and I heard [shots],” she said.
“Everybody was running. It was so jam packed right here, you couldn’t get in or out,” said Lulu Smith who came with her daughter. “When I got to my car somebody was shooting. I rolled down my window and I heard [shots],” she said.
Other witnesses said that the shooting started after a fight broke out, and they believe there was more than one gunman.
No arrests have been made and police continue to investigate.
Saturday night’s shooting happened two weeks after 10 people were shot on March 19 during a spring break party at a Dallas event venue.
The Mayor of Dallas is Democrat Eric Johnson who has been in office since 2019.
In 2021, Dallas had a crime rate of 845.82 per 100,000 people, which is more than twice the national averaged. Dallas also has a property crime rate that is 1.8 times higher than the national average.
In 2021, According to the Dallas Crime Statistics Database 11,046 violent crimes: 220 homicides, 386 rapes, 2,481 robberies and 7,959 aggravated assaults were committed.
Dallas reported 220 murders in 2021. Even though the murder rate in Dallas decreased 13% from 2020 to 2021, Dallas’ Murder rate is 2.6 times greater than the national average.
Governor Greg Abbott recently outlined new rules making sure law enforcement in Texas is supported.
Governor Greg Abbott today announced the adoption of new Texas Administrative Code rules by the Office of the Governor’s Public Safety Office (PSO) to prevent municipalities from defunding their police forces. These new pro-law-enforcement requirements, established by House Bill 1900 during the 87th Legislature, were signed into law by the Governor in June 2021. The Governor made preventing cities from defunding police an emergency item during the regular session of the 87th Legislature.
Under House Bill 1900, if the Governor’s PSO determines a city has defunded its police department, the city will be subject to tax rate limitations, lose access to certain tax revenues, and be subject to other budgetary requirements and limitations. When the city demonstrates it has reversed the reductions, PSO may reverse its defunding determination and the city will no longer be subject to those limitations, reductions, and requirements—unless it defunds its police again.
“Texas remains a law-and-order state and we continue to make it abundantly clear that we support our law enforcement officers who put their lives on the line every day to keep communities safe,” said Governor Abbott. “My office’s adoption of these new rules will prevent cities from making reckless and downright dangerous decisions to defund the police, ensuring a safer future for Texans all across the Lone Star State.”
