18-year-old dies after shooting at DISD basketball game; suspect now faces murder charge

A 15-year-old boy arrested in connection with the shooting of an 18-year-old man at a high school basketball last week faces a murder charge after the victim died Saturday, Dallas police said.

Marc Strickland died about 3 p.m., police said. According to a report by KDFW-TV (Channel 4), he died shortly after being removed from life support.

Strickland was shot during a boys basketball game between Kimball and South Oak Cliff high schools on Jan. 11 in the Red Bird area.

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According to police, the shooting stemmed from an argument that escalated. Video shows people scrambling out of Ellis Davis Field House after multiple shots were heard inside.

A Dallas ISD police officer was grazed by a bullet fragment during the incident.

The suspect, whose name has not been released because he is a juvenile, remains in custody, police said.