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Editor’s note: This story was updated at 12:50 p.m. March 16 with the names and ages of the victims.
Two people were fatally shot and one more was injured in Deep Ellum on Wednesday morning, according to the Dallas Police Department.
Police responded to a shooting call in the 2800 block of Elm Street around 1:20 a.m. March 15. When officers arrived, they found that Rickey Gossett, 37, and Danielle Jones, 30, had been shot.
The preliminary investigation determined that Gossett was on the patio of a business when an unknown person came up to him and fired multiple times, hitting the man. One of the rounds went through a window and hit Jones, who was standing inside.
Another man was hit by a bullet fragment and was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
The suspect ran northbound on Elm Street after the shooting, police said. The suspect is described as a 6-foot-tall Black man with a thin build, and he was wearing a black hoodie and a ski mask, police said.
This investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information about the crime is asked to contact Detective Kofi Sapon-Amoah at 214.671.3657 or kofi.sapon-amoah@dallaspolice.gov.
Crime Stoppers will pay up to $5,000 for information that leads to the arrest and indictment for this felony offense; call 214.373.TIPS.
