Homicide victim found in Dallas creek identified as 16-year-old girl

A teenager found shot to death in Dallas earlier this week had been reported as a runaway. 

Medical examiners confirmed 16-year-old Venus Rodriguez is the person found Monday morning in a creek in Oak Cliff.

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Police said Rodriguez had been shot several times. 

They have not made any arrests, and there's no word on any suspects in her death.

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