Shooting at Oak Cliff shopping center leaves 1 dead, 2 wounded

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) — A capturing inside a well-liked Oak Cliff buying heart left one particular person lifeless and two others injured. 

Dallas police mentioned simply after 1:15 p.m. Saturday afternoon, a suspect later recognized as Javis Dixon, 26, shot a number of folks contained in the Massive T Plaza off of West Ledbedder Drive and I-35 East. Police imagine that a number of of the victims acquired right into a verbal argument with Dixon main as much as the capturing.

One sufferer, Corderro Robinson, 36, didn’t survive his accidents.

“Scary is not it?” mentioned Leshenda Griffin who got here to the plaza to go to the sweetness retailer. “Do not know why it occurred nevertheless it’s simply acquired to cease taking place, it simply would not make any sense.”

Griffin and others who got here to take a look at the big police presence hope for options to cease this sort of violence from taking place on the well-liked plaza. 

“I do not know if this place has any electrical screens or no matter, which may be a superb first step to start out, you understand, all people goes to need to be frisk once they are available and I do not thoughts being frisk if it signifies that I am not going to die, that I’ll make it again residence,” added Griffin. 

Dallas Mayor Professional Tem Carolyn King Arnold represents this space and spoke to the Massive T Plaza’s proprietor. 

“The Massive T Bazaar is dedicated to sustaining that this can be a protected place to buy, that [the owner is] dedicated as he is all the time been, as he acknowledged, of creating certain that he does have a partnership with this metropolis but additionally with the Dallas Police Division and this surrounding group,” mentioned Arnold. 

She factors to working with police, companies, and group teams to ensure guests are protected in these buying areas. 

“We’ll make it possible for we work with our group companions to make it possible for irrespective of the place you store, irrespective of the place you reside, we all know that it may be a protected place and we simply need to work collectively in tandem to make it possible for public security is primary,” mentioned Arnold. 

This can be a group making an attempt to alter the narrative of this plaza in order that manner guests do not need to assume like this the following time they arrive right here. 

“I higher get in and get out and hopefully I could make it residence to see my household tonight,” added Griffin.