Kelli Smith

Jun 29, 2024 | dallasnews.com | Kelli Smith

Police officials were investigating an officer shooting late Friday in the 5800 block of Belt Line Road, near Preston Road, in Far North Dallas.(Kelli Smith / Staff)Update: This story is still developing. Dallas police officials were investigating an officer shooting late Friday in Far North Dallas. More than a dozen police vehicles responded before 10 p.m. near the Rock Creek Apartments in the 5800 block of Belt Line Road, near Preston Road. The complex is adjacent to White Rock Creek.

Jun 28, 2024 | dallasnews.com | Kelli Smith |Jamie Landers

Two Tarrant County jailers accused in the death of Anthony Johnson Jr. were indicted Friday on murder charges, according to officials. A Tarrant County grand jury indicted Rafael Moreno, a jailer seen on video kneeling on the 31-year-old’s back, and Lt. Joel Garcia, his supervisor. Their attorneys could not immediately be reached for comment.

Jun 26, 2024 | dallasnews.com | Kelli Smith

One of the Dallas Police Department’s highest ranking commanders is leaving to become an assistant city manager in San Marcos, capping a 27-year tenure where he recently played an instrumental role at the chief’s side. Lonzo Anderson has been Dallas police’s executive assistant chief for the last three years, a rank just a step below the chief of police.

Jun 21, 2024 | dallasnews.com | Kelli Smith

Dallas police officers and Dallas Fire-Rescue employees will now be able to show their tattoos at work, a policy change meant to help the city’s recruitment and retention of first responders, city officials announced Friday. Dallas police officers will also be able to show groomed, natural beards, officials said.

Jun 19, 2024 | thebrunswicknews.com | Kelli Smith |Kelli J. Smith

By Kelli Smith, The Dallas Morning News Andrea Liliana Araujo and her husband, Pedro Ortega, said in a Dallas County lawsuit filed Tuesday that the gunman who opened fire Oct. 14 at Fair Park passed directly through a security screening checkpoint with a semi-automatic pistol in his hoodie, according to their attorney. Araujo, 41, was working with a cleaning crew at the fair when she was shot.