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A man was fatally shot in South Dallas early Saturday and a suspect is in custody, police say.
Police said 41-year-old Shamkea Khalid was taken into custody on a murder charge in connection with the slaying of 45-year-old Eric Barber. She did not appear in jail records Saturday afternoon, and it was unclear whether she had an attorney.
Officers responded about 2:10 a.m. to a shooting call in the 4500 block of Elsie Faye Heggins Street, near Wahoo Park, and found Barber with a single gunshot would.
He was taken to a hospital, where he died.
Police said witnesses gave a description a vehicle involved in the shooting. Officers found the car in the 4700 block of Meadow Street, about a mile and a half from the shooting, and arrested Khalid, police said.
No other details about the shooting were immediately available.