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38-year-old man shot, killed in Dallas, officials say

Police said they found the victim dead early Saturday morning on Southern Oaks Boulevard.
Credit: 5NEWS

DALLAS — Dallas police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found early Saturday morning, according to officials.

Police said that they were called at about 2 a.m. to the 3500 block of Southern Oaks Boulevard. When they arrived, they said they found a man dead at the scene.

At first, the case was being investigated as an "unexplained death."

Records from the Dallas County Medical Examiner's identified the victim as 38-year-old Victor Bernard Taylor Jr. 

According to Dallas police, the Medical Examiner's Office determined that Taylor had been shot. His case as since been reclassified as a homicide.

No other information is available at this time.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Guy Curtis at 214-671-3633 or guy.curtis@dallaspolice.gov

Taylor's body was found about two blocks away from where police said they found a 16-year-old boy was found shot about five hours prior.

Dallas police said they were called to the 3500 block of Southern Oaks at around 9 p.m. Friday. The teen, later identified as Trelynn Derrion Henderson, died in a hospital.

It's not clear if the two cases are connected.

    

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