Dallas police make arrest in Uptown sexual assault
Arrest made in Uptown Dallas sex assault
Dallas police say an arrest has been made for the alleged sexual assault of a woman in the State Thomas area of Uptown early Monday morning.
DALLAS - Dallas police say an arrest has been made for the alleged sexual assault of a woman in the State Thomas area of Uptown early Monday morning.
Police say they found their suspect in the same part of the neighborhood where the alleged attack happened.
State Thomas sexual assault
What we know:
Police say a man sexually assaulted a victim in the 3000 block of Thomas Avenue around 6 a.m. Monday.
Tuesday afternoon, police announced an arrest had been made in the same area where the alleged assault took place.
Dallas police released pictures of a suspect on Monday afternoon. However, they have not said if the person they arrested is the same person in the pictures.
Dallas police identified the suspect as 21-year-old Evin Bishop.
He is being held on a $150,000 bond.
"I was awoken by a woman screaming'
What Neighbors Are Saying:
Jacquelyn Maly says she rushed to her window Monday morning and saw two figures running down Thomas Avenue.
"I was woken up by a woman screaming outside for help, saying that someone was following her," she recalled.
Maly was one of several people who called 911. When she got outside her apartment, police were already there, and the man ran off.
"My alarm wasn’t set to go off for another 30 minutes, so I was in a dead sleep," she said. "That’s just how loud her screams for help were."
After police posted the suspect’s photos on social media, news of the attack spread fast around the neighborhood.
People who live in the area, like Madison Fritz, were shocked when police arrested the suspect Tuesday afternoon in the same area.
"It’s sad. It’s just crazy," she said. "It’s definitely not something that has ever occurred."
Maly and other neighbors are just happy he won’t be able to harm anyone else.
"I’m very glad that I decided to call 911 because I think that definitely helped," said Maly. "Especially my neighbors around calling 911 and being there for a stranger that was crying for help that early in the morning, I think that really helped escalate the process in finding him."
What we don't know:
Dallas police didn’t share how they were able to locate the suspect and arrest him.
They also didn’t share any specific details about the alleged sexual assault or if the suspect could be linked to any other crimes in the area.
The Source: Information in this article comes from Dallas police and State Thomas residents.