DALLAS — A 16-year-old boy is dead after being shot while walking with two other teens Thursday night, the Dallas Police Department (DPD) announced.
Police said this may have all started over an argument.
According to DPD, officers responded to a shooting call in the 5800 block of Highland Hills Drive around 8:15 p.m. Thursday. When they arrived, they found a 16-year-old boy with a gunshot wound and two other uninjured male teens.
The 16-year-old victim, identified as Javarius Laquan Davidson, was transported to a local hospital, where he later died from his injuries, officers said.
DPD said the preliminary investigation determined that a group of people, including Davidson and the two other male teens, only identified as being 15 and 16 years old, were involved in an argument.
DPD said a short time later, as Davidson and two other teens he was with were walking in the street, an unknown suspect shot at them, striking Davidson.
The suspect then fled the location, police said.
A neighbor, Frederick Johnson, told WFAA he knew Davidson and was nearby when the shooting occurred.
"I don't really know what happened. I see a group of dudes running in the back. I told him to go in the house. He went into the house, but his mom told him to go get his sister. And he went to go get his sister and everything went down," said Johnson.
WFAA also spoke with Johnson's grandfather who spoke about the tragic event and said you have to be careful wherever you are these days.
"Be aware of your surroundings, because you can go anywhere and anything can happen this day in time... Go to the store, go to the mall, go to the movies, church, anywhere. It's crazy out here," he told WFAA.
No description of the suspect has been released by police.
The names of the two uninjured teens are not being released due to their ages, police said.
The investigation into the fatal shooting is ongoing. Police are asking anyone with information concerning this crime to call Detective Phillip Wheeler at 214-671-3686 or email at phillip.wheeler@dallaspolice.gov.
Crime Stoppers will also pay up to $5,000 for information called into them that leads to the arrest and indictment for this crime and other felony offenses. You can contact Crime Stoppers at 214-373-TIPS (8477), 24 hours a day, seven days a week.