Dallas singer shot onstage while signing autographs after performance
A Dallas singer has been hospitalized after she was shot onstage following a performance Saturday with The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in downtown Dallas, police said.
A Dallas singer has been hospitalized after she was shot onstage following a performance Saturday with The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in downtown Dallas, police said.
Jada Arnell Thomas, 26, was signing autographs onstage when a woman in the crowd shot her, witnesses told NBC DFW.
Thomas was transported to a local hospital by Dallas Fire Rescue and is reported to be in stable condition, the Dallas Police Department told NBC News.
Officers arrested Micah Williams, also 26 years old, and said that a handgun was recovered. Williams was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and was transported to the Dallas County Jail.
Police did not reveal a motive and it is unclear if the two knew each other. The investigation is ongoing.
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