Crime

Police find man shot to death in driver’s seat of vehicle crashed on Dallas freeway

A 49-year-old man was found shot to death in the driver’s seat of a vehicle that crashed early Monday on a freeway in Dallas, police said.
A 49-year-old man was found shot to death in the driver’s seat of a vehicle that crashed early Monday on a freeway in Dallas, police said.

A 49-year-old man was found shot to death in the driver’s seat of a vehicle that crashed early Monday on a freeway in Dallas, police said.

Officers found Clifton Morris’ body about 12:15 a.m. in the 6000 block of westbound C.F. Hawn Freeway, Dallas police said.

The death is a homicide. Police had not announced an arrest at midday Monday.

This story was originally published June 5, 2023 at 11:41 AM.

Emerson Clarridge
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Emerson Clarridge covers crime and other breaking news for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He works days and reports on law enforcement affairs in Tarrant County. He previously was a reporter at the Omaha World-Herald and the Observer-Dispatch in Utica, New York.
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