3-year-old girl critically injured in shooting at Dallas gas station, police say
A 3-year-old girl was critically injured in a shooting at a gas station in Dallas on Monday night, according to police.
The shooting was reported around 10:50 p.m. at a Shell gas station in the 3900 block of Linfield Road. The girl was taken to Dallas Children’s Hospital, police said.
Detectives obtained video surveillance that showed a male driver in a Nissan Armada fired multiple shots into a vehicle, striking the toddler, police said.
No one was in custody as of Tuesday morning.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call Detective Cody Clark at 469-849-3761 or cody.clark@dallascityhall.com.
Police at the gas station told WFAA-TV, a Star-Telegram media partner, that a father had driven his truck to the gas station with three of his children inside. He got into an altercation with another person, WFAA-TV reported, who began firing shots.
One of the bullets hit the girl in the neck, a commander told the news station.
Her father took out his gun and fired back, but it’s unclear if anyone else was hit, according to the station.
WFAA-TV reported that police are looking for the shooter.
This story was originally published May 11, 2021 at 7:16 AM.
