Dallas teen killed in shooting in Garland parking lot, police say
A Dallas teenager was killed in a shooting in a Garland parking lot Monday evening and Garland officers are searching for his killer, police said.
Christopher Cardoza, 17, was taken to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas by a witness to the shooting and later died of his injuries, Garland police said in a news release. His death is being treated as a murder.
Detectives believe Cardoza went to meet an individual in a parking lot in the 3600 block of South First Street in Garland, police said. It seems he was then shot during the encounter, police said, and a witness took him to Texas Health.
Garland officers responded to a gunshot wound call at the hospital around 5:30 p.m., police said. They were advised upon their arrival that Cardoza had died.
An investigation is ongoing and investigators are following up on leads, police said.
This story was originally published December 10, 2019 at 8:50 AM.
