DPD: 11-Year-Old Boy Shot in 6400 Block of Royal Lane

Dallas police say an 11-year-old boy was fatally shot shortly after 2 a.m. March 11 in the 6400 block of Royal Lane.

Officers say they were called to the scene at 2:15 a.m. and found a woman and an 11-year-old boy had been shot.

The woman was taken to a hospital in stable condition and the boy died at the scene, according to authorities. 

Jakeith Huntley, 30, was arrested on a complaint of murder in connection with the shooting and booked into the Dallas County Jail, police say.

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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