Dallas police released more details about the events that led up to the death of a 19-year-old man and a drive-by shooting that injured four people attending his candlelight vigil.
Court documents reveal more details about the shooting outside a Dallas shopping center that claimed the life of a 19-year-old man. His mother and three other people were shot in the same area a day later while trying to mourn him.Friday afternoon near the Discount Food Mart convenience store on Westmoreland Road near the LBJ Freeway.
An arrest warrant affidavit indicates he was somehow caught up in an argument in the parking lot between two other men – 20-year-old Cameron Cooks and 23-year-old Jacory Simpson.Police said a 19-year-old was killed in a shooting near the Dallas-Duncanville border Friday afternoon. Cooks told investigators he and his girlfriend had gone to eat at the nearby Wings and More restaurant. That’s when Simpson allegedly disrespected him. Cooks responded by shooting Simpson several times.
Simpson then pulled out his own handgun and shot Jones in the head. Jones later died from his injuries at the hospital.The affidavit states Simpson tried to climb over a counter inside the restaurant after he shot Jones. In the process, he appeared to shoot himself again with the gun he was carrying.A juvenile male in a neighboring apartment complex was also hit by a stray bullet from Cooks’ gun, the affidavit states. He told his mother, "I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
Cooks is charged with assault causing bodily injury for allegedly shooting Simpson, and with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for the stray bullets that went into the neighboring apartment complex and the convenience store.drive-by shooting that happened at the same locationPolice said someone inside a white Chrysler opened fire and hit four people who were attending a candlelight vigil for Jones.
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