{"id":370241,"date":"2026-07-12T13:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T13:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/370241\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T13:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T13:52:09","slug":"six-dead-in-dallas-during-first-10-days-of-july-arrests-made-suspects-sought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/370241\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Dead In Dallas During First 10 Days Of July: Arrests Made, Suspects Sought"},"content":{"rendered":"

An unknown suspect shot and killed 19-year-old Lacorian Darfour on Friday in Dallas, marking the sixth death tied to five homicide investigations involving incidents during the first 10 days of July.<\/p>\n

Police identified the victim as Lacorian Darfour, 19. An unknown suspect shot Darfour at approximately 11:10 a.m. in the 9500 block of Bruton Road, according<\/a> to the Dallas Police Department. Dallas Fire-Rescue transported him to a hospital, where he died.<\/p>\n

The six-death count reflects five incidents that occurred between July 2 and July 10 and that DPD publicly classified as homicide investigations. It should not be read as a final official citywide homicide total for July.<\/p>\n

Police also announced a separate homicide investigation this month tied to a June 27 incident.<\/p>\n

Two juveniles charged in double homicide<\/p>\n

The deadliest case announced so far involved two victims found shot on July 8 in the 3400 block of Michigan Avenue. Both died at the scene, police said.<\/p>\n

Officers later located a 15-year-old boy and a 14-year-old boy. Police charged both juveniles with capital murder and transferred them to the Henry Wade Juvenile Justice Center.<\/p>\n

Authorities had not publicly identified the victims in the initial release. The charges are allegations and do not establish guilt.<\/p>\n

Assault charge upgraded after victim dies<\/p>\n

A separate case began as an aggravated assault investigation after a physical altercation outside in the 4200 block of Harry Hines Boulevard<\/a> on July 5.<\/p>\n

Police said Dillion Hill, 34, punched John Zuniga, 50, causing Zuniga to fall and strike his head.<\/p>\n

Officers arrested Hill at the scene on an aggravated assault charge. Zuniga died at the hospital on July 9, and police upgraded Hill’s charge to murder.<\/p>\n

Hill faces a murder charge, but the law presumes him innocent unless a court finds him guilty.<\/p>\n

Suspects sought in two shootings<\/p>\n

No arrest had been announced in the July 10 Bruton Road killing. Police asked anyone with information to contact Det. T. Johnston at 214-671-3523 or timothy.johnston@dallaspolice.gov.<\/p>\n

Police also continue to investigate the July 7 shooting death of an unidentified man in the 3400 block of Sam Houston Road.<\/p>\n

An unknown suspect shot the man at approximately 10:46 p.m., and Dallas Fire-Rescue transported him to a hospital, where he died. No arrest had been made.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information about the Sam Houston Road case can contact Det. D. Mendoza at 214-671-4191 or daisy.mendoza@dallaspolice.gov.<\/p>\n

Grand jury to review La France Street case<\/p>\n

DPD first reported<\/a> a July homicide on July 2, when a known suspect shot Charles Baldwin, 56, in the 3500 block of La France Street.<\/p>\n

Police said a known suspect shot Baldwin. Dallas Fire-Rescue transported him to a hospital, where he died.<\/p>\n

DPD said the case would be referred to a grand jury. Police did not announce an arrest or identify the suspected shooter in the release.<\/p>\n

Separate June incident announced as homicide<\/p>\n

DPD also announced a homicide investigation on July 7 stemming from an incident that occurred June 27 in the 9300 block of Pinyon Tree Road.<\/p>\n

Police said Jeremy Walker, 35, fell from a moving vehicle, suffered critical injuries, and died a few days later.<\/p>\n

Investigators have not publicly explained the circumstances surrounding the fall, and the initial release did not specify Walker’s date of death or announce any charges.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information about Walker’s death can contact Det. J. Morgan at 214-425-9905 or jake.morgan@dallaspolice.gov.<\/p>\n

The July cases follow another cluster of homicide investigations announced during the first week of June. The Dallas Express reported on June 8 that Dallas police had made arrests in three of four homicide cases announced during that week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An unknown suspect shot and killed 19-year-old Lacorian Darfour on Friday in Dallas, marking the sixth death tied…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,9379,104,103,4081,14948,131159,131066],"class_list":["post-370241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-fire-rescue","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-dallas-police-department","tag-homicide-investigation","tag-homicide-investigations","tag-john-zuniga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}