Dallas Police Arrest 18-Year-Old Justin Murdock on Three Capital Murder Counts in the Deep Ellum Halloween Shootings

Dallas police have made another arrest in the Deep Ellum shootings on Halloween night, FOX 4 reported, and the department scheduled a 2 p.m. news conference Thursday to announce the arrest of 18-year-old Justin Murdock in connection with the shooting on Crowdus Street.

Murdock is charged with three counts of capital murder, and police said the new suspect is responsible for killing three people.

Four people were killed and many more were injured in three separate shootings in Deep Ellum that night, unfolding in a 75-minute span: the first around 12:20 a.m. in the 2600 block of Elm Street, a second at about 1:05 a.m. in the 2600 block of Main Street, and the third at roughly 1:35 a.m. in the 200 block of South Crowdus Street. The deceased victims have been identified as Kaniesa Scott, 21; Unique Elise Benjamin, 28; Anthony Martin, 25; and Isaiah Boling, 20.

Police Chief Daniel Comeaux has said the overall injury toll of approximately 15 people remains fluid, as several victims transported themselves to local hospitals after the gunfire. Officers had been given extra assignments in Deep Ellum for the anticipated Halloween crowds, and Comeaux said officers positioned less than two blocks away ran toward the sound of gunfire and performed life-saving measures, reviving at least one victim.