Dallas police investigate fatal shooting of 50-year-old man in home south of downtown
The Dallas Police Department is investigating a man who was found dead with a gunshot wound in a home.
Around noon Wednesday, police responded to a call for service in the 1400 block of Peru Street for a welfare check.
When officers arrived at the home about 4 miles south of downtown Dallas, they found Walter Smith Jr., 50, dead from a gunshot wound.
Smith was shot sometime overnight, according to police.
The investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information about the offense is asked to contact Detective Brewster Billings at 214-671-3584 or by email at brewster.billings@dallaspolice.gov.
Nicole Lopez
Fort Worth Star-Telegram