Police searching for suspect in shooting death of 65-year-old man in West Dallas

Dallas police are asking for the public’s help in searching for a suspect in the shooting death of a 65-year-old man in West Dallas.

Police responded to a health and welfare check call on Dec. 23 in the 2300 block of Leath Street about 12:20 p.m. and found Timothy Paul Allen unresponsive in the driver’s seat of a car, police said.

He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

Allen had been shot on Dec. 22, police said. He was a delivery driver and had just made a stop at the Hamptons at Lakewest Apartments before he was fatally shot, police said.

Police said they do not know the killer’s motive.

Anyone with information regarding this case may contact Detective Christopher Anderson at 214-671-3616 or c.anderson@dallascityhall.com and refer to case No. 228617-2020.

Crime Stoppers will pay up to $5,000 to anyone with information that leads to the arrest and indictment for this case. Anonymous tips can be submitted by calling 214-373-8477.