18-year-old faces capital murder charge in Dallas Deep Ellum shooting that killed 3
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DALLAS — Dallas police announced the arrest of an 18-year-old capital murder suspect in the Halloween night shooting that killed three people on Crowdus Street in the Deep Ellum entertainment district.
The arrest of Justin Murdock was announced at a Thursday afternoon news conference.
Murdock faces a charge of capital murder of multiple persons in the triple homicide case.
Kaniesa Scott, 21, Anthony Martin Jr., 25, and Unique Benjamin, 28, were killed in the shooting.
Another victim was killed and at least 15 people were injured across three separate shooting scenes in Deep Ellum that night, police have said. Another suspect, 31-year-old David Yancy, was arrested last week and accused of wounding seven people in a shooting on Main Street.
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