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The Denton Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying the vehicle that failed to stop after striking a pedestrian on Sunday night.

At 10:19 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 24, officers were dispatched to a collision on the northbound I-35 service road at W. University Drive. Multiple callers reported that a pedestrian had been struck by a vehicle that left the scene. 

The pedestrian was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced deceased. He has not been identified at this time.  

Traffic investigators are working to determine the make and model of the suspect vehicle, which was last seen traveling west on W. University Drive. A description of the vehicle is not yet available.  

If you have any information regarding this crash, please call Traffic Sgt. Jared Raye at (940) 349-7992. 

At approximately 9:30pm on Sunday evening, Dallas police responded to a shooting in the 4700 block of Hay Street.

When officers arrived, they located a woman and a 1-year-old child injured in a drive-by shooting.

Both were transported to area hospitals. The child was later pronounced deceased. The woman is listed in stable condition. Their relationship was not released.

There is no suspect information.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Guy Curtis at 214-671-3633 orguy.curtis@dallaspolice.gov

On Sunday, September 24th, emergency responders from Fort Worth FD, PD, and MedStar EMS responded to the scene of a two vehicle crash on Highway 121 and Sylvania Avenue.

Police say a driver hit a vehicle and fled on foot after the collision.

Two of the victims in the vehicle hit by the suspect were transported with non-life-threatening injuries. A third victim was pronounced deceased at the scene.

Officers are searching for the suspect driver who caused the crash.

The crash remains under investigation.

On Thursday, September 21, at around 6:43am, Richardson Fire/EMS and Police responded to a major accident at the intersection of N. Plano Road and E. Lookout Drive.

Investigators determined a motorcyclist was traveling southbound on Plano Road and the vehicle was turning left onto Lookout Drive from northbound Plano Road when a collision occurred at the intersection.

Richardson paramedics transported the 53-year-old motorcyclist to a local hospital, but he succumbed to his injuries.

Police say the vehicle did not yield to the right of way of the motorcycle.

The crash remains under investigation.

At 5:03am this morning, Fort Worth Fire Department, Police Department, and MedStar EMS responded to a crash in the area of I35W and North Loop 820.

When officers arrived, they located single vehicle crash involving a pickup truck that crashed into a bridge support pillar in the grassy median.

One person was pronounced deceased at the scene.

FWPD’s Traffic Investigations Unit is investigating the crash.

District Attorney Greg Willis announced that Artemio Yanez, 56, of Plano, was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to Murder. “Brutally stabbing an innocent victim 63 times shocks the conscience. Permanently getting this dangerously violent man off the streets allows others to live their lives in peaceful safety,” stated Willis after sentencing.

On June 8, 2021, at 6:00 p.m., Plano Police Officer Jonathan Theis responded to a parking lot in east Plano in reference to a stabbing call. On the way to the scene, dispatch notes updated that the suspect had fled in a white van and a witness to the offense was following him in his vehicle.

Officers on scene of the stabbing found a victim unconscious and bleeding out in the driver seat of his van. Other officers stopped the suspect’s van and detained Yanez, who was not wearing a shirt and appeared to have blood on his arms and cheek. A search of his van recovered a bloody 6-inch knife.

A second eyewitness came forward at the crime scene with a video of the offense he recorded while he was also in the parking lot. In the video, Yanez is observed standing outside the victim’s van at the driver side, repeatedly stabbing the man as he sat in the driver seat.

The autopsy revealed 63 stab wounds on his body. Plano detectives were unable to determine a motive behind the murder or any confrontation that appeared to take place beforehand, only noting that both Yanez and the victim appeared to be living out of their vans for an extended period.

During the punishment phase, prosecutors also presented evidence of Yanez’s violence against other inmates and detention officers while he has been detained in the Collin County jail, as well as his prior convictions, including assault bodily injury and driving while intoxicated.

After hearing all of this evidence, Judge Angela Tucker sentenced Yanez to life in prison.

Assistant Criminal District Attorneys Ashlyn Scott, Calli Bailey, and Justin Dotzel prosecuted the case, aided by District Attorney Investigator Stephanie Strickland.