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The Dallas Police Department is investigating a road rage shooting that occurred late last night in the area of Central Expressway and Mockingbird Lane.

At around 9:45pm last night, Dallas officers responded to a shooting at 5601 North Central Expressway service road near Mockingbird Lane. A 22-year-old male suspect, his wife, and their 1-year-old child were involved in a road rage incident. The suspect told officers that a man followed them and rammed their vehicle multiple times.

At one point, the man attempted to get into the family vehicle, leading the suspect to shoot the man through the window. Paramedics transported him to a local hospital, but he was pronounced deceased. He has been identified as a 36-year-old man.

The 22-year-old suspect and his wife were taken to Dallas Police HQ for further investigation. The suspect was later released pending further investigation and referral to a Dallas County grand jury.

The incident remains under investigation.

The Grand Prairie Police Department is investigating a fatality accident that claimed the life of a child.

At around 11:40pm, a driver stopped his vehicle in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 30 near the Belt Line Road exit after fleeing from the scene of another crash up the highway. As he stopped on the highway, a passenger vehicle rear-ended his vehicle.

The driver of the passenger car who collided with the stopped vehicle was transported to a local hospital with serious injuries. There were two children inside the vehicle who were also transported to a children’s hospital. Unfortunately, one of the children died as a result of injuries sustained in the crash. Both children were properly restrained in the back seat of the car.

The driver who stopped on the highway, identified as a 31-year-old man, was found to be intoxicated at the time of the collision. He has been arrested and charged with one count of Intoxication Manslaughter and two counts of Intoxication Assault.

The Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating a fatality accident that occurred on Tuesday morning on FM 916 outside of Rio Vista.

At around 7:30am Tuesday morning, multiple emergency responders from Johnson County were called to the scene of a two vehicle crash on FM 916 just east of Rio Vista proper.

Traffic investigators believe the driver of a passenger car was traveling east on FM 916 when she veered off the roadway, overcorrected, and veered into the oncoming lane of traffic. A box truck traveling east on FM 916 struck the passenger vehicle head-on.

The driver of the passenger vehicle was transported by CareFlite helicopter to Texas Health Fort Worth Hospital with major injuries, and later died. She has been identified as a 38-year-old female from Cleburne.

The driver of the box truck was not seriously injured.