🌱 CANstruction Competition + Police Search For Suspects In Killing

Hello again, Dallas. I'm back with your new edition of the Dallas Patch newsletter. Here's all the community news you need to know right now.

But first, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and hot. High: 105 Low: 81.

Here are the top three stories today in Dallas:

1. The CANstruction competition, featuring engineering, architecture, and construction companies, challenges participants to create structures using canned foods as an unusual medium. Held annually for 31 years in Dallas, this event showcases artistic creations built from canned goods at NorthPark Center. The canned structures, including Dallas landmarks and various designs, are not only a unique design challenge but also contribute to donating 115,833 cans of food to the North Texas Food Bank, and mallgoers can vote for their favorite projects to support the cause. (WFAA)
2. Dallas police have made an arrest in the drive-by murder of Shaniah Jones, a 24-year-old woman killed at a block party near Fair Park in July. Laquest Sirls, a 23-year-old suspect, has been charged with the murder, but the affidavit suggests there were multiple shooters involved. Jones' family hopes that more individuals responsible for the shooting will be apprehended, as they believe Jones was not the intended target and was merely an innocent bystander. (FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth)
3. Dallas police have released photos of two suspects involved in the shooting death of an armored car guard, hoping for information from the public. The incident, described as a "straight ambush" by Det. Reginald Woods, occurred outside Big Jim's Check Cashing Store on Carroll Avenue, resulting in the murder of Gardaworld security officer David Ruback. The suspects, one armed with an AR-15-style rifle and wearing body armor, fled the scene in a white four-door sedan, possibly a Chevrolet Impala, and can be reported to Woods at (214) 283-4955 or reginald.woods@dallaspolice.gov. (FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth)

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Today in Dallas:

Wednesday, September 6

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From my notebook:

• The Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council has observed a rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations. Hospitalizations in North Texas have steadily increased since June, with 323 cases on Sep. 1 compared to 73 on Jun. 21. Most hospitalized individuals are elderly or have underlying health conditions, and vaccines appear to be effective in preventing severe illness. (NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)
• The SPCA of Texas had a total of 301 adoptions during August's Clear the Shelter event! If you didn't get a chance to adopt a pet during the event and are interested in adopting, click here. (SPCA of Texas via Instagram)
• For National Preparedness Month, the City of Dallas shared proactive steps to ready your family and pets for emergencies, especially given the increasing frequency and intensity of disasters linked to climate change, including earthquakes, floods, and wildfires. See the tips at the link! (City of Dallas - City Hall via Facebook)

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— Nicole Fallon-Peek

About me: Nicole Fallon-Peek is a journalist and copywriter with a degree in Media, Culture and Communication from New York University. She has served as a freelance reporter, managing editor, copy editor, and editorial director for a variety of B2B news outlets. She currently co-owns and operates content creation agency Lightning Media Partners.