2 Teens Killed, 2 Wounded in Shooting at Old East Dallas Community Center

The group was playing dice when they were fired upon

Two 17-year-old men are dead and at least two people wounded after a drive-by shooting Sunday night near a community center in Old East Dallas, police said.

According to police, the group was playing dice at about 11:20 p.m. in front of the Roseland Community Center on Munger Avenue when someone opened fire from a passing vehicle.

Gregory Horton III and Zacchaeus Banks, both 17, were pronounced deceased after being hospitalized, police said. The conditions of two others who were wounded in the shooting have not been released.

Police said it was not clear what prompted the shooting. No arrests have been made and no suspect description was available.

The Rose Community Center, located

Dallas police asked for anyone with information to call homicide detectives at 214-671-3647 or email scott.sayers@dallascityhall.com, referencing case number 132015-2019.

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