Posted on 06/06/2015 8:05:07 PM PDT by PAR35
DART police are looking for a man who shot two fellow passengers on a Red Line train late Friday, minutes after it left the 8th and Corinth Station.
As many as two dozen people were on the single-car train at the time of the shooting, which was reported about 10:30 p.m., said Morgan Lyons, a DART spokesman.
Witnesses said one of the shooting victims boarded the train at 8th and Corinth and made eye contact with the shooter, who was already on the train.
The man pulled out a handgun, and the two began to argue, Lyons said. It appeared the two knew each other.
The gunman fired multiple shots, striking the man with whom he was arguing in the head and the abdomen. A bystander was shot in the shoulder, Lyons said.
(Excerpt) Read more at crimeblog.dallasnews.com ...
“There is a plague of homeless, mentally ill, gang bangers at almost all the stations. I have been chased, hit, had bottles thrown at me just to get a cigarette. Every 7/11, Racetrac and QT along the way is filled with camping bums. We are talking LOTS and very aggressive.”
I can’t stop at the 7-11 on Ross Ave. without a bum asking for money.
Shooter got lucky...high stakes move. It appears that CHL types can carry on DART. He needs to count his blessings and next time settle arguments in a less public setting.
‘As many as two dozen people were on the SINGLE-CAR train...
Well, THIS is what the Taxpayers should be MOST pissed about! Squandering their tax dollars!’
Great point - and tell me again why this is better than a bus? (rhetorical question). I can tell you that a bus can actually change or vary its routes based on passenger needs, and a bus does need to own lanes right down major streets. And the capital and on-going costs for buses are about 10% of that of trains.
Oh yea, having rail is a requirement for being a “World Class City”. That’s the answer.
I don’t mind a bum once in awhile but these are druggies ...just everything....and 5 or 6 at a time.
Get your CHL.
Do these train extend to Fort worth? Or do they have own system. ...
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Ft. Worth doesn’t have a light rail system.
DART does run a train called the Trinity Railway Express between the downtown areas of Dallas and Ft. Worth. It runs on the long-existing train tracks that go through Irving and all of the other Mid-Cities. There are stations in Irving, South DFW airport, Bell Helicopter main plant in Hurst, etc.
DART also has a rail line that runs near I-35E up to Denton from Dallas.
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