The Brief
- A suspect in a New Year’s Eve Dallas bridge shooting now faces a federal gun charge.
- Prosecutors say Jose Alarcon-Sanchez illegally possessed firearms as an undocumented immigrant.
- Authorities recovered more than 100 shell casings and multiple rifles tied to the incident.
DALLAS – One of the men arrested this week for a New Year’s Eve incident in which semi-automatic rifles were fired from a Dallas bridge has been given a new federal charge for illegally having a gun as an undocumented immigrant.
The man and one of his two codefendants are accused of shooting guns during holiday celebrations in a crowded city area.
New charge in Dallas bridge shooting
The latest:
Jose Alarcon-Sanchez, 18, of Grand Prairie, now faces a federal charge of unlawful possession of a firearm. The charge comes in addition to a Class A misdemeanor of discharging a firearm in certain municipalities, which he was arrested on by Dallas police earlier this week. …