Dallas police investigating fatal shooting of 3-year-old in South Oak Cliff
Dallas police investigating fatal shooting of toddler
An Oak Cliff community is mourning after a toddler was shot and killed. One neighbor even called it a senseless and demanding change in the area.
OAK CLIFF, Texas - An Oak Cliff community is mourning after a 3-year-old was shot and killed. One neighbor called it senseless and demanded change in the area.
Oak Cliff shooting at complex
What we know:
At around 1am on Sunday morning, Dallas police responded to a shooting at the Oakwood Place Apartments on Wadsworth Drive in South Oak Cliff.
Dallas officers came across 3-year-old Amazi Aplon with a gunshot wound. Dallas police say they started lifesaving measures until paramedics could get there.
Aplon was taken to the hospital but he died shortly after arriving.
As neighbors try to make sense of the shooting, investigators have also been working to piece together what happened.
Police said Child Protective Services were called and Aplon's mother was taken in for questioning.
What we don't know:
Authorities are still working to determine who fired the weapon.
No charges have been announced at this time.
Local perspective:
For neighbor Bernard William Shabad, a toddler’s death in his neighborhood has been difficult to accept.
"But I never would have thought that it would happen like that. Yeah, real sad. They gotta pay attention to their kids," Shabad said.
"That's why I'm so forceful with my conversation. You need to take 'em up. There's too much of this going on, man. Too much. See, I see a little here, a little up, but too much."
Has reignited his frustration with gun violence.
"Take the guns up, put them in the trash to do something, but we all go get killed," he said. "Gonna have one of my prayers because that's sad. A little baby got killed by guns."
The Source: Information in this article was provided by FOX 4's Vania Castillo.