Crime & Safety

21-Year-Old Found Shot To Death In Vehicle In Dallas Neighborhood

Police said they responded to a welfare check in the 10400 block of Checota Drive at around 4:40 p.m. in the Pleasant Grove area.

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April 7, 2021

Police in Dallas are investigating the death of a 21-year-old man after he was found shot in a vehicle Tuesday afternoon.

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Police said they responded to a welfare check in the 10400 block of Checota Drive at around 4:40 p.m. in the Pleasant Grove area.

The victim, identified as Mateo Jovani Hernandez, was found unresponsive in the driver’s seat of a vehicle with a gunshot wound in his chest. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

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