Immigrant accused in Dallas NYE bridge shooting gets federal gun charge

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.

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