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Thousands pour into downtown Dallas to rally for abortion rights and to blast Texas’ SB 8 law


October 3, 2021

Several thousand people gathered in downtown Dallas on Saturday to rally for reproductive rights and to demonstrate against Texas’ new law that heavily restricts abortions. The afternoon rally was one of many in North Texas and hundreds across the state and U.S. planned to coincide with the national Women’s March in Washington, where Texas’ recently passed law, known as SB …

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1 dead, 1 injured in far northeast Dallas shooting, police say


October 3, 2021

One man was killed and another injured in a shooting in far northeast Dallas early Saturday. Officers got a call around 2:30 a.m. about a shooting on eastbound Interstate 635, between Royal Lane and Plano Road, where they found a man shot inside a car, police said. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Shortly after …

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Man fatally shot at Lake Highlands apartment complex, Dallas police say


October 3, 2021

A 20-year-old man was fatally shot at an apartment complex in the Lake Highlands area Friday night, Dallas police said. Officers were dispatched about 7:40 p.m. to the 9800 block of Audelia Road just north of Walnut Hill Lane, where they found 20-year-old Trevon Joseph Quick lying in the parking lot with a gunshot wound, police said. Quick was taken …

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27-year-old man found fatally shot in Far North Dallas home


October 3, 2021

A 27-year-old man was found fatally shot inside a Far North Dallas home Saturday morning, police said. Around 9:20 a.m., police were called to a home in the 5600 block of Spring Valley Road, near Montfort Drive. Officers found the victim, identified as Ladwight Tremell Mitchell, shot multiple times inside the home. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The …

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Man dies after being shot multiple times in west Oak Cliff, Dallas police say


October 3, 2021

Dallas police are investigating the fatal shooting of a man early Sunday in west Oak Cliff. Officers were called shortly after 3 a.m. to the 3800 block of West Davis Street, near North Westmoreland Road, and found the man had been shot multiple times. Police identified the man as 38-year-old Julio Arthur Alvarez. No details of what led to the …

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1 shot to death at south side gas station on Old Spanish Trail


October 3, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — One person was shot to death Friday night and another was detained at a southside gas station. It happened around 10:45 p.m. on Old Spanish Trail and Allegheny. The victim drove up to the gas station, got out of their vehicle and approached another car when shots were fired, according to Houston police. Investigators said they …

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1 shot to death at south side gas station on Old Spanish Trail


October 3, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — One person was shot to death Friday night and another was detained at a southside gas station. It happened around 10:45 p.m. on Old Spanish Trail and Allegheny. The victim drove up to the gas station, got out of their vehicle and approached another car when shots were fired, according to Houston police. Investigators said they …

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2 injured in 2-alarm west Houston apartment fire


October 3, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Two people were hurt and multiple units were damaged Saturday morning when fire spread at a west Houston apartment complex. It happened after 5 a.m. in the 2200 block of Westerland Drive near Westheimer. Houston firefighters were able to knock out the fire quickly but not before at least one building was destroyed in the two-alarm …

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