A suspect has been arrested in reference to a capturing that wounded three girls in a hair salon within the metropolis's Koreatown that authorities have stated might need been a hate crime, police stated early Tuesday.
The suspect was being interviewed and processed, the Dallas Police Division stated, and Chief Eddie Garcia was anticipated to launch further details about the arrest later within the day.
When he was nonetheless being sought, police described the suspect as a 5'7" to five'10" Black man with a skinny construct and curly medium-length hair, in addition to a connecting beard.
Garcia stated final week that final Wednesday's capturing at Hair World Salon may very well be related to 2 different shootings at companies run by Asian Individuals.
Authorities have stated a person dressed all in black opened hearth on the salon, then drove off in a maroon minivan. Garcia stated investigators discovered that a related car was reported to be concerned in two different latest shootings, together with an April 2 drive-by within the space the place the salon is positioned. Nobody was injured in both of these shootings.
Garcia stated the car was additionally linked to a drive-by capturing on Could 10 about 25 miles southeast of the procuring heart the place Wednesday's capturing occurred.
The three girls who had been shot on the salon had been taken to a hospital with accidents that weren't life-threatening.
Jane Bae, the daughter of one of many wounded girls, informed The Related Press final week that her mom informed her that the person, who she did not acknowledge, calmly walked in, opened hearth after which left.
"He was calm. He simply walked as much as it after which stood there - did not stroll round - however stood there and shot like 20 photographs after which simply calmly went out," stated Bae, who wasn't there however had spoken along with her mom.
The salon is within the coronary heart of Koreatown, which is in part of town that was reworked within the Nineteen Eighties from an industrial space to a thriving district with procuring, eating, markets, medical places of work and salons.
"The likelihood that we're coping with a violent gunman who's motivated by hate is chilling and deeply disturbing," Mayor Eric Johnson stated in an announcement Friday night. "And I need our metropolis's Asian American group — which has appallingly confronted rising vitriol lately — to know that the Metropolis of Dallas and the individuals of Dallas stand with them."
Anti-Asian violence has risen sharply lately. Final yr, six girls of Asian descent had been among the many eight killed in a capturing at therapeutic massage companies in and close to Atlanta, heightening anger and worry amongst Asian Individuals.