Trackdown Arrest: Suspect in 2022 shooting of bystander charged in 2 North Texas murders

The Brief

  • A man sought in a 2022 Dallas shooting has been arrested and charged with the murder of a bystander.
  • The suspect also faces a capital murder charge for an unrelated fatal shooting in Arlington.
  • It is currently unknown if additional suspects involved in either shooting have been arrested.

DALLAS A man FOX 4 featured in a June 2022 Trackdown segment has been arrested and charged for his alleged involvement in the fatal shooting of a bystander.

While booked in the Dallas County Jail, the suspect was also charged with capital murder for an unrelated shooting in November 2024.

Trackdown Suspect Charged with Murder

What we know:

Shannon Steele, 20, was arrested and booked into the Dallas County Jail on Dec. 16, 2024, on suspicion of murdering Vernon Rivers, a bystander outside of CJ’s Billiards and Sports Bar in June of 2022.

FOX 4 featured Rivers’ shooting death in a June 16, 2022, Trackdown segment, urging the public to help police find Steele, who had not been identified at the time. Police had released surveillance from the June 4 scene, where suspects fired guns near a crowd of people outside the bar following an argument.

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