Victim’s family, police look for answers after murder charge dismissed in Dallas shooting

The Brief

  • A murder charge was dismissed in a deadly Dallas shooting that killed a young mother.
  • Shaniah Jones, 24, was killed in a drive-by shooting at a block party in July 2023.
  • The motion to dismiss says that the evidence used in the case was not strong enough.

DALLAS A man arrested two years ago for a shooting that killed a woman and injured four others is no longer charged with the murder.

Court records show the evidence in the drive-by shooting was not strong enough.

Fair Park drive-by shooting

The backstory:

Shaniah Jones, 24, was shot and killed in the shooting in the early morning hours of July 16, 2023.

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