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Shanise Gilbertoe tried for years to leave Roseland. For the eight years she and her children lived there, gunfire and violence<\/a> were the norm. A 9-year-old neighbor, a schoolmate of her oldest son, had been killed<\/a>. The kids became too afraid to play outside.<\/p>\n

Azul Sordo & Smiley N. Pool | Staff Photographers.<\/p>\n

A long-awaited housing voucher finally came through, but Shanise couldn\u2019t find a new landlord to take it before the deadline. So she used it at what she thought would be a safer unit at Roseland \u2014 a unit not far from the main office.<\/p>\n

But no place at Roseland<\/a> was entirely safe.<\/p>\n

Police, the city and Dallas Housing Authority<\/a> each had tried various ways to reduce crime<\/a> at the complex. Some attempts had been rejected; others were ineffective.<\/p>\n

Now, there was a new strategy.<\/p>\n

In October 2022, the city assigned Roseland to a separate office within the city called the Office of Integrated Public Safety Solutions. The since-disbanded office, according to a city website, worked to prevent crime by \u201cproviding non-law enforcement solutions that improve the quality of life in the community and reduce the demand for police service.\u201d<\/p>\n

What exactly the team did at Roseland was among the questions The Dallas Morning News posed to the city. The city did not explain.<\/p>\n

The day after the city assigned Roseland to OIPSS, Dallas police Detective Nicholas Stolarzyk sent an email, telling city attorneys and other police about the two gun incidents the day before, including the one in which a 16-year-old shot a 15-year-old.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo Roseland has two more aggravated assault deadly weapon offenses,\u201d he wrote, adding department leadership no longer supported the habitual criminal property process<\/a> at Roseland and \u201cwant to wait and see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n

They didn\u2019t have to wait long.<\/p>\n

In January 2023, police working an accident near Roseland just before 4 a.m. on a Tuesday heard more than 20 shots fired. A dispatcher told them the shots came from Roseland; when officers responded, they saw two young men running away.<\/p>\n

In March that year, officers responded to Roseland twice in two days.<\/p>\n

On March 2, just after 6 p.m., officers called to Roseland found a boy lying on the ground. Relatives were helping him after he\u2019d been shot in his right ankle.<\/p>\n

The next day, a few minutes before 9 p.m., a 20-year-old man told police a man pointed a gun at him, demanded he empty his pockets, then shot him in the chest and leg.<\/p>\n

In April, a man allegedly hired five women to beat a Roseland resident whom he had argued with while in traffic nearby. The resident told police the women struck her and threatened her with a handgun and an assault rifle before fleeing.<\/p>\n

The next day, at the previously scheduled board meeting, DHA CEO Troy Broussard presented a memo saying DHA had been working with Dallas police<\/a> and other city departments to address security at Roseland.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo minimize the occurrence of non-residents entering the Roseland community to engage in criminal mischief,\u201d the memo reads, \u201cDHA\u2019s security improvement plans require installation of vehicular control and pedestrian routing controls at Roseland.\u201d<\/p>\n

A firm had been selected to install gates, and drivers would need a card or have a toll tag to enter. The board approved $970,175 for the job.<\/p>\n

The gates were never installed. Broussard told The News in an interview he had put them on pause because Roseland would soon be renovated.<\/p>\n

Then came the Fourth of July, a day known for trouble at Roseland.<\/p>\n

Police were called to a shooting just before 10 p.m. When they arrived, people were launching fireworks, making \u201cthe scene unsafe,\u201d an officer wrote in a report.<\/p>\n

Unable to investigate on site, police went to a nearby Starbucks and phoned the woman who had reported the shooting. A bullet had blasted through her living room window where her 6-year-old son was picking up a backpack. No one was injured.<\/p>\n

Most times police showed up at Roseland to respond to 911 calls. Sometimes they came to build trust.<\/p>\n

In spring of 2023, officers participated in an Easter egg hunt and a \u201cStop the Violence\u201d event; they talked to children about mental health. In late June, they handed out popsicles to kids at a summer program, and in mid-July, then-police Chief Eddie Garc\u00eda visited for a \u201cWalk and Talk.\u201d<\/p>\n

The crime kept coming.<\/p>\n

On a Wednesday afternoon in late December, a man living at Roseland had arranged for someone to come by to sell him an Xbox. The man stole the game console and shot the owner.<\/p>\n

In March 2024, officers on a routine patrol near Roseland heard automatic gunfire in the middle of the night. They encountered a security guard for Roseland who told them a vehicle with three men in it had driven toward him and shot at him before fleeing.<\/p>\n

In the middle of the night in April, police responded to a report of gunfire. A woman and her daughter were asleep upstairs when bullets pierced their bedroom window. Officers found shell casings in the playground area outside.<\/p>\n

On a Monday in June, a dice game in an alley turned dangerous when a man pointed a gun at others.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust grab your shoes\u201d<\/p>\n

And then July arrived, the month when Shanise could no longer justify staying, the month when a bullet hit her own home \u2014 the home she had moved into near the office with the hope it would be safer for her and her kids.<\/p>\n

\"Photos<\/p>\n

Photos provided by Shanise Gilbertoe show bullet holes left by gunfire that ripped into their home from outdoors at the Roseland public housing complex in Old East Dallas in July 2024. One shot splintered the stair railing where her daughter\u2019s hand had rested just moments before. At right the gunfire sent a spray of sheetrock specks across the family\u2019s couch.<\/p>\n

Shanise Gilbertoe.<\/p>\n

On July 6, police arrived at Roseland just before 10 p.m. to find multiple bullets had been fired at the home of Shanise\u2019s next-door neighbors; one hit the arm of a 49-year-old woman inside.<\/p>\n

A week later, gunfire erupted again outside the neighbor\u2019s apartment; a woman standing by her car had to take cover, police records show.<\/p>\n

And then, a bullet pierced Shanise\u2019s front door, a few inches to the right of the peephole.<\/p>\n

\u201cUsually,\u201d she told The News, \u201cI would be looking through the peephole like, \u2018What\u2019s outside? What\u2019s going on?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI just thank God I wasn\u2019t looking out there then.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"In<\/p>\n

In July 2024, a bullet tore through Shanise Gilbertoe\u2019s front door, just inches from the peephole, at the Roseland complex. \u201cI just thank God I wasn\u2019t looking out there then,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Shanise Gilbertoe<\/p>\n

She had had enough. It was time to get her kids out of Roseland.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t even worry about putting your shoes on,\u201d she told the kids. \u201cJust grab your shoes and just get in the car.\u201d<\/p>\n

She drove them to a friend\u2019s home and the family stayed for a couple of weeks.<\/p>\n

Three days after Shanise and her kids left, violence at Roseland erupted again.<\/p>\n

On the afternoon of July 17, shots were fired near Roseland just as children were getting out of a church day camp.<\/p>\n

A pastor at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church<\/a>, across the street from the northeast corner of the Roseland complex, called 911 to relay what a woman had just told him. She had seen two young men firing a \u201cmachine gun\u201d and a pistol near the Starbucks on Hall Street, which borders Roseland on the west. The men ran into the apartment complex, she told the pastor.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was picking up her child from our summer camp,\u201d Carlos Williams told the 911 operator. \u201cAs soon as they turned the corner to come out of the church, you\u2019re right there at it, and she said they were firing.\u201d<\/p>\n

A man driving south on Hall Street was caught in the crossfire. Two bullets hit his pickup. A witness who worked at Hall Street Flats apartments, across the street from Roseland\u2019s southeast corner, said she saw two groups of four men each shooting at each other. An SUV parked at the nearby corner convenience store was hit, too.<\/p>\n

That night, Charles \u201cChuck\u201d Dennis III was shot and killed<\/a> outside of Roseland, a tenth of a mile from the convenience store. The 23-year-old lived at Hall Street Flats and was coming back from buying an evening snack. Records show police found 77 shell casings. Three cars and an apartment were also struck by gunfire at Roseland that night, along with an apartment at the DHA property next door, Renaissance Oaks, where a bullet pierced the window of a bedroom where two women were sleeping.<\/p>\n

There had been seven shootings at Roseland in 12 days.<\/p>\n

\u201cDeep rooted\u201d criminal network<\/p>\n

The day after Dennis was killed, staff who worked at Roseland were instructed to use the buddy system and were excused from duties if they felt unsafe. A police major asked DHA for the same information a city attorney had requested two years prior \u2014 Roseland\u2019s towing policy, security contract, and other items to help police evaluate and recommend crime prevention measures \u2014 but had never received.<\/p>\n

As police waited for DHA to hand over the materials, they were investigating what they suspected was a drug house in Roseland described in an affidavit as part of a \u201cdeep rooted\u201d criminal network involved in \u201cheavy narcotics trafficking.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the assistance of SWAT officers, police executed a warrant on the afternoon of July 30. Their search turned up $14,134 in cash, digital scales, baggies, ammunition, two handguns, a BB gun, an AR-15, marijuana, crack cocaine, methamphetamine, and K2.<\/p>\n

Two men were arrested. One told police he dealt drugs out of the apartment and it had been a drug house for at least six months.<\/p>\n

On Aug. 5, Raul Torres, 38, was fatally shot<\/a> outside an apartment just before noon. His death marked at least the seventh homicide at Roseland since the city and DHA signed their special agreement in 2018.<\/p>\n

A week later, on Aug. 12, 2024, DHA gave Dallas police the material the city had asked for nearly two years earlier.<\/p>\n

New security team goes to work<\/p>\n

DHA set out to fast-track a new security firm. TNT Security Solutions<\/a> won the contract and was paid $865,432 for its services.<\/p>\n

When first contacted by DHA, Travis Lacox, the co-owner of TNT, said the agency representative didn\u2019t mention Roseland by name, but described a DHA property with a large crime issue, including gang violence, drug activity, domestic and civil disturbances and homicides.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey said they did not want to scare us off,\u201d Lacox told The News in an email. Based on news reports and crime statistics, Lacox said, they figured out it was Roseland.<\/p>\n

The firm supplied both off-duty police and armed security officers. During the day, there were two off-duty police and two security guards. At night, six off-duty police and two security guards worked the property.<\/p>\n

When asked about the state of security at Roseland when his firm arrived, Lacox told The News \u201cthere was no infrastructure to speak of.\u201d<\/p>\n

TNT fixed broken security cameras and repositioned others. The firm set up a camera-monitoring station in the main Roseland office so a security officer could watch the property as a whole. Lacox said his firm worked with DHA to fix broken lighting and mend a fence.<\/p>\n

TNT also established a security hotline for residents that went straight to a security officer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe approach was to empower the community and residents,\u201d Lacox said, \u201cso they could get their community back.\u201d<\/p>\n

The firm worked with Dallas police, Lacox told The News, sharing information with narcotics and gang investigators.<\/p>\n

In October, as part of the criminal network investigation begun a few months before, police obtained another search warrant for an apartment at Roseland. Inside, they found marijuana, guns, baggies and a digital scale. Police arrested three men; two were charged.<\/p>\n

While TNT was making progress at Roseland, DHA and the city seemed to be further abandoning their special agreement.<\/p>\n

The monthly meetings spelled out in that agreement were no longer happening.<\/p>\n

“Future meetings,\u201d DHA spokesperson Jacqueline Chen told The News in September 2024, \u201care pending the assignment of the new Assistant City Manager or another designated city official.”<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear when the group had last met; when The News asked, neither the city nor DHA provided a date.<\/p>\n

In December, DHA extended TNT\u2019s security contract at Roseland. New Year’s Eve was calm, Lacox said, and by January, the property no longer required off-duty police, just security officers.<\/p>\n

With TNT on the property, reports of violence at Roseland had finally begun to slow. During the firm\u2019s time at Roseland, from September 2024 to June, there was just one report of gunfire listed on the city\u2019s public website.<\/p>\n

Another unexpected factor almost certainly contributed to the decline in crime: People were moving out of Roseland.<\/p>\n

In November 2024, DHA notified HUD it would be doing renovations at Roseland. An engineering report, DHA said, documented foundation problems and a need for modernization of the almost 30-year-old complex.<\/p>\n

To accommodate the renovation, Broussard told The News, DHA offered vouchers that residents could use to help pay rent elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Most chose the ticket out of Roseland. Others chose to stay.<\/p>\n

Lacox said some who remained told TNT it was because they felt safe again.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we arrived, you saw no kids playing in the entire complex,\u201d Lacox told The News. \u201cBy the end, we had the kids back outside.\u201d<\/p>\n

DHA agrees TNT made a difference, so much so the housing authority wanted the firm to handle security not only at Roseland, but at all DHA properties.<\/p>\n

Negotiations with TNT fell through in June when the parties couldn\u2019t come to terms, and the firm left.<\/p>\n

Crime has remained low: The News found just one report of gunfire at Roseland on the city\u2019s public website since TNT left.<\/p>\n

Some of that may be the carryover from TNT\u2019s efforts. Roseland is also largely empty now: There are fewer people to commit crimes, and fewer people who could become victims.<\/p>\n

The question is how DHA, the city, and the Police Department will keep the complex safe, especially once renovations are complete, and Roseland is again filled with families.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A cat strolled past vacant units bearing security doors and window coverings at Roseland Townhomes on Oct. 21, 2025.<\/p>\n

Smiley N. Pool | Staff Photographer.<\/p>\n

Yet another city strategy<\/p>\n

In June, two days after TNT left, City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert rescinded the crime prevention agreement the city reached with DHA in 2018.<\/p>\n

Tolbert replaced the agreement with a new plan \u2014 one she spelled out in a letter to Broussard \u2014 that again aims to prevent crime, but requires fewer meetings, no record keeping and no briefings to DHA commissioners and the City Council.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe City and DHA will continue to meet regularly to discuss crime prevention and code compliance at DHA properties,\u201d Nick Starling, a city spokesperson, said in a statement. \u201cThis collaboration remains the city\u2019s preferred approach but the city is also prepared to escalate enforcement if needed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Police didn\u2019t answer questions about plans specific to Roseland, telling The News in a recent statement, \u201cthe Department will continue to work with DHA and their team to keep their residents safe and prevent crime at their locations.\u201d<\/p>\n

DHA hopes the renovation, expected to be completed in 2027, will make a difference.<\/p>\n

Along with a new community center, apartments will have new kitchens, bathrooms and other amenities.<\/p>\n

Also announced: \u201cenhanced security through secured vehicular access gates at each entry point.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those would be the gates that have been discussed as far back as 2019.<\/p>\n

DHA also announced in late August it would invest in license plate readers at its properties. They told The News contracts to implement them are in negotiations.<\/p>\n

\u201cSafety and crime suppression measures are an on-going effort across the community,\u201d Chen, the DHA spokesperson, said in a statement. \u201cWe are always seeking ways to enhance safety and security and that will not change.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roseland\u2019s lasting trauma<\/p>\n

Some damage can\u2019t be undone. Families have lost loved ones. Children carry scars from bullets. All live with the effects of having endured unrelenting gunfire.<\/p>\n

Music has long been Shanise Gilbertoe\u2019s refuge. When she sings, it’s unhurried, almost weary. The lyrics she writes reflect the life she\u2019s known.<\/p>\n

\u201cSurrounded by drugs, drama and hate. Hurt and pain, everyday. I\u2019m getting tired,\u201d she sings, drawing on her memories of Roseland. \u201cLord, please hear me and take me away. Keep my kids safe, out of harm\u2019s way. Lord, please hear me and take me away.\u201d<\/p>\n

In another verse, she sings how \u201ceven little kids, they become statistics\u201d and about \u201cbullet holes coming through the door.\u201d<\/p>\n

She wrote the song to mark the one-year anniversary of the night a bullet came through her door.<\/p>\n

That bullet, though, would also be the family\u2019s way out of Roseland, Shanise said. It earned them an emergency transfer.<\/p>\n

\"Shanise<\/p>\n

Shanise Gilbertoe (center) shepherded dinnertime with her children \u2013 Lily (from left), 11, Josh, 16, and Caleb, 15 \u2013 on Oct. 5, 2025, at their Arlington home.<\/p>\n

Smiley N. Pool | Staff Photographer<\/p>\n

They moved in August 2024, landing in a quiet pocket of Arlington, a subdivision of brick houses with two-car garages, neat lawns and trees. Her children play outside. The nights are still.<\/p>\n

All three children took advantage of counseling offered at their new school. Shanise started therapy this year.<\/p>\n

The kids miss some aspects of living at Roseland. They had friends there, and every year they looked forward to Camp Rose, the church-run summer camp with water balloon fights and tie-dye shirts.<\/p>\n

Still, the fear hasn\u2019t fully left. That happens when you\u2019ve lived with persistent gunfire, when you\u2019ve been trained to hit the floor and take cover at the first crack.<\/p>\n

Any abrupt noise can bring back the fear \u2014 even when it’s their new refrigerator’s ice maker dropping cubes into the tray.<\/p>\n

Jacob Quinn Sanders contributed data reporting to this story.<\/p>\n

2017<\/p>\n

May<\/p>\n

May 9\u00a0 \u00a0Bullets blasted into four apartments, including two where children were staying.<\/p>\n

July<\/p>\n

Jul. 22\u00a0 \u00a0Three armed men entered an apartment, said they were looking for money, kicked a man and threatened to shoot him.<\/p>\n

2018<\/p>\n

January – February<\/p>\n

Around the same time the city beefs up its ability to address high-crime properties, a separate, collaborative agreement to address crime at DHA properties goes into effect.<\/p>\n

\"T.C.<\/p>\n

T.C. Broadnax, former Dallas city manager, and Troy Broussard, president and CEO of the Dallas Housing Authority, signed an agreement in early 2018 that detailed how the city and DHA would work together to prevent crime at public housing complexes across Dallas.<\/p>\n

City of Dallas, Dallas Morning News research.<\/p>\n

July<\/p>\n

Jul. 13\u00a0 \u00a0Two men were shot \u2014 one in the thigh, the other in his arm and chest.<\/p>\n

November<\/p>\n

Nov. 16\u00a0 \u00a0A woman was beaten by three people after an argument earlier in the day.<\/p>\n

2019<\/p>\n

January<\/p>\n

The first annual report about the crime prevention collaboration is due early this year; none are ever created.<\/p>\n

February<\/p>\n

Feb. 2\u00a0 \u00a0A woman was hit with a rock and her door kicked in and a neighbor\u2019s car and apartment were shot up.<\/p>\n

Feb. 13\u00a0 \u00a0A woman was threatened with a pistol in the parking lot.<\/p>\n

June<\/p>\n

Jun. 23\u00a0 \u00a0Men approached a dice game, demanded money, then shot and injured two others.<\/p>\n

Jun. 26\u00a0 \u00a0Someone fired four shots into an apartment with six people inside; one bullet went through a bed.<\/p>\n

Jun. 30\u00a0 \u00a0Gregory Horton, III and Zacchaeus Banks, both 17, were shot in a drive-by. Two other people were injured.<\/p>\n

August<\/p>\n

Aug. 14\u00a0 \u00a0Nine-year-old Brandoniya Bennett died after a bullet fired from outside struck her.<\/p>\n

\"Mourners<\/p>\n

Mourners filled the sanctuary at New Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church in Dallas during the funeral for 9-year-old Brandoniya Bennett on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019, who was killed in her apartment by stray gunfire.<\/p>\n

2019 File Photo | Staff.<\/p>\n

Aug. 23\u00a0 \u00a0A top city official tells city council “the level of collaboration is as good as it’s ever been” with DHA.<\/p>\n

2020<\/p>\n

April<\/p>\n

Apr. 29\u00a0 \u00a0A man pulled a gun on a woman; she pulled her own gun in self-defense.<\/p>\n

June<\/p>\n

Jun. 9\u00a0 \u00a0A man got into an argument with a driver, who put a gun to his face and threatened to pistol whip him.<\/p>\n

July<\/p>\n

Jul. 26\u00a0 \u00a0A bullet fired entered a front door, and traveled across a living room where three people were sleeping.<\/p>\n

Jul. 31\u00a0 \u00a0A woman outside her apartment ran after hearing shots. She told police a masked male shooting from an SUV\u2019s sunroof fired and struck her in the knee.<\/p>\n

2021<\/p>\n

February<\/p>\n

Feb. 22\u00a0 \u00a0A man standing in a driveway shot another man in the arm with a BB handgun, then struck him in the head with the gun.<\/p>\n

March<\/p>\n

Mar. 22\u00a0 \u00a0A man pulled a gun on another after an argument; a 10-year-old boy was a witness and helped police find the gun.<\/p>\n

October<\/p>\n

Oct. 3\u00a0 \u00a0Just after midnight, a 13-year-old boy outside with friends was struck by a bullet in his left leg.<\/p>\n

November<\/p>\n

Nov. 30\u00a0 \u00a0Someone shot into a woman\u2019s upstairs bedroom while people were downstairs.<\/p>\n

2022<\/p>\n

January<\/p>\n

Jan. 2\u00a0 \u00a0A woman was stabbed twice in her arm and twice in her abdomen.<\/p>\n

Jan. 14\u00a0 \u00a0The same boy shot in late 2021, now 14, was shot in the leg while outside other kids.<\/p>\n

Jan. 27\u00a0 \u00a0City officials meet with DHA about high crime at Roseland.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A member of the city attorney’s office, noting that Roseland has the highest level of so-called “abatable” crimes in central Dallas, asks DHA president and CEO Troy Broussard for a meeting to address the problem in January, 2022.<\/p>\n

City of Dallas, Dallas Morning News research.<\/p>\n

March<\/p>\n

Mar. 29\u00a0 \u00a0Someone driving by shot at apartments at Roseland and on nearby Hall St.<\/p>\n

May<\/p>\n

May 1\u00a0 \u00a0Police open a case to evaluate whether the city needs to address high crime at Roseland.<\/p>\n

May 15\u00a0 \u00a0Braylon Cornell Smith, 25, was shot and killed by someone shooting into his apartment. A witness was shot in the leg.<\/p>\n

May 27\u00a0 \u00a0A man who was visiting was outside looking for a barbeque truck, heard gunfire and was struck twice on his back.<\/p>\n

June<\/p>\n

Jun. 1\u00a0 \u00a0Officials decide no enforcement is needed and close the case.<\/p>\n

Jun. 26\u00a0 \u00a0Marquis Goynes, 11, died after being shot by another juvenile who was playing with a gun.<\/p>\n

August<\/p>\n

Aug. 6\u00a0 \u00a0At 3 a.m. on a Saturday, a man shot two others \u2014 one in the chest, the other in the hand.<\/p>\n

September<\/p>\n

Sep. 7\u00a0 \u00a0A woman shot at two uniformed police officers who had responded to a report of a burglary.<\/p>\n

Sep. 16\u00a0 \u00a0A man was shot in the shoulder.<\/p>\n

October<\/p>\n

Oct. 7\u00a0 \u00a0After crime continues, police again note high crime at Roseland.<\/p>\n

\"In<\/p>\n

In October 2022, a detective again identifies Roseland as having the highest level of “abatable” crimes in central Dallas.<\/p>\n

City of Dallas, Dallas Morning News research.<\/p>\n

Oct. 7
A woman pulled a gun and threatened to shoot two others.<\/p>\n

A 16-year-old boy shot a 15-year-old boy in the parking lot, then shot himself, apparently by accident.<\/p>\n

A city attorney tells DHA her office is stepping back and refers the matter to a different city division.<\/p>\n

2023<\/p>\n

January<\/p>\n

Jan. 16\u00a0 \u00a0Police working near Roseland heard more than 20 shots fired; when they responded they saw two young men run away.<\/p>\n

March<\/p>\n

Mar. 2\u00a0 \u00a0A boy was shot in his right ankle.<\/p>\n

Mar. 3\u00a0 \u00a0A 20-year-old man told police another man pointed a gun at him, demanded he empty his pockets, and shot him in the chest and leg.<\/p>\n

April<\/p>\n

Apr. 17\u00a0 \u00a0Five women struck another, and threatened her with a handgun and an assault rifle.<\/p>\n

Apr. 18\u00a0 \u00a0The DHA board approves $970,000 to install vehicle gates at Roseland. They are never installed.<\/p>\n

\"Police<\/p>\n

Police had advised DHA about securing access to Roseland since at least 2019. Gates were approved in 2023 but have not been installed.<\/p>\n

Dallas Housing Authority, Dallas Morning News research.<\/p>\n

July<\/p>\n

Jul. 4\u00a0 \u00a0A bullet blasted through a living room window past a 6-year-old boy. Officers couldn’t investigate on scene because residents were launching fireworks at them.<\/p>\n

December<\/p>\n

Dec. 20\u00a0 \u00a0A man living at Roseland arranged for someone to come sell him an Xbox, then stole it and shot the owner.<\/p>\n

2024<\/p>\n

March<\/p>\n

Mar. 29\u00a0 \u00a0Three men drove toward a security guard and shot at him.<\/p>\n

April<\/p>\n

Apr. 18\u00a0 \u00a0Bullets pierced a bedroom window, while a woman and her daughter slept.<\/p>\n

June<\/p>\n

Jun. 24\u00a0 \u00a0A dice game in an alley turned dangerous when a man pointed a gun at others.<\/p>\n

July<\/p>\n

Jul. 6
Multiple bullets were fired at a home; one hit the arm of a 49-year-old woman inside.<\/p>\n

Later that evening a man wearing all black shot from across the street, striking another man twice in the leg.<\/p>\n

Jul. 13\u00a0 \u00a0Gunfire erupted around 10 p.m. on a Saturday; a woman standing by her car had to take cover.<\/p>\n

Jul. 14\u00a0 \u00a0A bullet blasted through a front door. Three children were upstairs and their mother was downstairs.<\/p>\n

Jul. 17
As children were leaving a church day camp next to Roseland, a mother called a pastor to say she had seen men firing a “machine gun” and a pistol. Another witness reported two groups of men shooting at each other.<\/p>\n

Three cars and an apartment were struck by gunfire.<\/p>\n

Charles “Chuck” Dennis III, 23, was shot and killed outside of Roseland after buying a snack nearby.<\/p>\n

A bullet pierced the window of a bedroom at Renaissance Oaks, a DHA highrise at Roseland, where two women were sleeping.<\/p>\n

Jul. 30\u00a0 \u00a0Police serving a warrant find multiple firearms and arrest two men on drug charges; they cite a “deep rooted criminal network” they believe is present at Roseland.<\/p>\n

August<\/p>\n

Aug. 4\u00a0 \u00a0Officers who responded to a shooting incident found seven bullet casings on the ground.<\/p>\n

Aug. 5\u00a0 \u00a0Raul Torres, 38, was shot and killed after knocking on an apartment door.<\/p>\n

September<\/p>\n

Sep. 1\u00a0 \u00a0Bullets strike five vehicles and one apartment. Police recovered more than 90 casings.<\/p>\n

Sep. 7\u00a0 \u00a0Two cars are shot up; police recovered about 80 fired cartridges.<\/p>\n

Sep. 12\u00a0 \u00a0DHA hires a private security firm dedicated just to Roseland.<\/p>\n

October<\/p>\n

Oct. 8\u00a0 \u00a0Again citing a “deep rooted criminal network,” police serving a warrant find drugs and firearms and arrest three men.<\/p>\n

November<\/p>\n

Nov. 21\u00a0 \u00a0DHA sends the first of several letters to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, saying units will remain empty for renovations.<\/p>\n

2025<\/p>\n

June<\/p>\n

Jun. 3\u00a0 \u00a0Gunfire blasts through an apartment window.<\/p>\n

Jun. 6\u00a0 \u00a0The city and DHA rescind the original agreement and replace it with one that requires fewer meetings and reports than the original.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The city replaced the original agreement with one that requires fewer meetings and no record-keeping.<\/p>\n

City of Dallas, Dallas Morning News research.<\/p>\n

August<\/p>\n

Aug. 28\u00a0 \u00a0Two apartments were shot up and officers found bullet casings and a live round of ammunition on the ground.<\/p>\n

\"Caleb,<\/p>\n

Caleb, 15, skateboards in the Arlington neighborhood where he lives with his mom, Shanise Gilbertoe, and two siblings. The family moved to Arlington to escape the frequent violence they witnessed at the Roseland Townhomes in Old East Dallas. \u201cI\u2019d never really go too far from the house. I’d always just stay in front of it because, well, I didn’t know what it was like in the other parts of the complex,\u201d Caleb said of his time at Roseland. \u201cOne thing about living here is that I can go outside and I can ride my skateboard. I can go around the neighborhood and even now I still don’t really go that far from the house. I just don’t really go that far from the house. Even though I want to, I just don’t, I don’t know. I think this is something that stuck with me from Roseland.\u201d<\/p>\n

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