DALLAS — One individual was killed and 11 others had been injured throughout a shooting at an out of doors concert in Dallas, police stated.
At about 12:13 a.m. on Sunday, officers responded to a area in southeast Dallas the place a concert was being held, police stated in a press release.
Police say a preliminary investigation has discovered that throughout the concert, one individual fired a gun into the air, then one other unknown particular person fired a gun within the crowd’s path.
Near the concert stage, police discovered Kealon Dejuane Gilmore mendacity on the bottom with a gunshot wound to the top. Gilmore, 26, died on the scene.
Police say that 11 different people had been shot throughout the concert. All the individuals who had been harm had been taken to hospitals both by ambulance or by personal automobiles. One individual was in important situation and the others had been in steady situation. Three of the folks harm are juveniles, police stated.
Lulu Smith, who attended the concert along with her daughter, (*1*)informed WFAA-TV that it was a part of a path experience occasion by which folks drove their all-terrain automobiles, sat within the mattress of vehicles and paraded via the property earlier than ending up for a concert on the predominant stage.
Witnesses informed the TV station the shooting occurred after a battle broke out.
“Everybody was running,” Smith stated. “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).”
No arrests have been made as police proceed to analyze what prompted the shooting.
In a press release, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson referred to as the shooting (*11*)
“Public safety remains our top priority, and I will be conferring with Police Chief Eddie Garcia to see what more can be done to stop this kind of violence in our city,” Johnson stated.
Saturday night time’s shooting occurred two weeks after 10 folks had been shot on March 19 throughout a spring break social gathering at a Dallas occasion venue.