DALLAS — A 16-year-old boy was shot and killed in Dallas on Friday night, police said.
Officers responded around 8:50 p.m. to the 3300 block of Southern Oaks Boulevard, near East Illinois Avenue, where they found a victim who was shot, according to a police new release.
The victim, identified as 16-year-old Trelynn Derrion Henderson, was taken to a hospital, where he died, police said.
The Dallas County Medical Examiner's Office ruled Henderson's death a homicide, but more information about how the shooting happened was not released.
More information about how the shooting happened was not available.
Police at the scene were investigating at an apartment building on Southern Oaks, but more information was not released.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact police detective Timothy Johnston at 214-671-3523 or at timothy.johnston@dallaspolice.gov.