Dallas police say a young woman sleeping in her bed was likely an innocent victim of a drive-by shooting in South Dallas. A bullet went through her kitchen window and traveled to her room in the back of her family's home. Police say there's no reason to believe the family was a target.
Dallas police say a young woman sleeping in her bed was likely an innocent victim of a drive-by shooting in South Dallas.
"She’s in the middle of the floor, and she’s bleeding. I don’t know where it’s coming from," she said. "My daughter did not deserve this. She did not deserve to die." Rodriguez lived at the home with family, including two younger siblings, an uncle and her mother. Police don’t know if anyone else was a target.Dallas had 220 homicides in 2021, which was a reduction from the previous year when it had 254 .
"Since the crime plan has been in place since May, we’ve reduced murder by almost 30%," he said. "So we need to continue those efforts.""Our community needs to know that our detectives, our fugitive units, our apprehension unit, our SWAT team — we’re not going to stop until we find them," he said. "When we find them, I would like to be there to witness this apprehension.
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