Juvenile shoots and kills man who was assaulting woman in Far East Dallas, police say

The Brief

  • 33-year-old Adrian Ortiz was shot and killed Sunday morning on North Buckner Boulevard while choking and punching a woman, police say.
  • Preliminary investigation shows a juvenile shot Ortiz during the assault; all parties involved were acquainted.
  • Dallas police have not filed immediate charges and will refer the ongoing investigation to a Dallas County grand jury.

DALLAS A 33-year-old man was shot and killed by a juvenile Sunday morning in East Dallas while assaulting a woman, according to police.

Man killed while assaulting woman

What we know:

Dallas police responded at 9:11 a.m. Aug. 9 to a shooting call in the 3500 block of North Buckner Boulevard.

A preliminary investigation determined that 33-year-old Adrian Ortiz began choking and punching a woman when a juvenile shot him. Dallas Fire-Rescue personnel responded to the scene, where Ortiz was declared dead.

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