Police: Man Shot In Preston Center Area

Dallas police say a security guard shot May 19 in the 8200 block of Westchester Drive (the western part of Preston Center) was taken to a hospital in critical condition and later died.

Police said the security guard, identified May 20 as Adalberto Santiago, 34, confronted a male suspect breaking into a car at the scene shortly before 3:30 p.m. May 19, a fight broke out, and the suspect shot Santiago before leaving the scene in a gold sedan.

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Police were still looking for the suspect as of 11 a.m. May 20, but the suspect’s vehicle was found just before 5 p.m. Friday in a closed business parking lot in the 2200 block of N. Cockrell Hill Road. 
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Detective Jonequia Acrond at 214-605-4691 or email jonequia.acrond@dallaspolice.gov

The investigation is ongoing. We’ll update this post as additional information becomes available.

 

Rachel Snyder

Rachel Snyder, former deputy editor at People Newspapers, joined the staff in 2019, returning to her native Dallas-Fort Worth after starting her career at community newspapers in Oklahoma. One of her stories won first place in its category in the Oklahoma Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest in 2018. She’s a fan of puns and community journalism, not necessarily in that order.

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