Dallas Deep Ellum Shootings Kill Four and Injure 15

Four people were killed and at least 15 others injured in three separate shootings across Dallas' Deep Ellum entertainment district during Halloween night celebrations, according to Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux. The incidents occurred between approximately 12:20 a.m. and 1:35 a.m. Sunday at locations east of downtown Dallas.

Police are investigating whether the attacks were connected. Multiple people have been arrested and questioned, but investigators have not established their involvement or publicly identified any suspects, CNN and NBC 5 DFW reported.

The number of injured victims remained subject to change because some people traveled to medical facilities independently rather than being transported by emergency responders, Comeaux said during a Sunday morning news conference.

According to the preliminary police investigation, the first shooting was reported around 12:19 a.m. in the 2600 block of Elm Street. A second incident occurred shortly after 1 a.m. in the 2600 block of Main Street, approximately one block away.

The third shooting was reported around 1:35 a.m. along the 200 block of Crowdus Street, roughly two blocks east of the other locations. All three scenes were within approximately half a mile of one another.

Comeaux said investigators were examining the individual scenes before determining whether the incidents shared a connection.

"The detectives and officers are still trying to put everything together to understand exactly what happened on each scene and to see if anything is related. At this time, we have no information that they are related, but we're still doing an investigation to try to figure that out at this time," said Daniel Comeaux, Dallas Police Chief.

Investigators were also questioning people taken into custody to establish whether any arrests were connected to multiple shooting locations.

"We are interviewing some individuals right now that we have arrested, still trying to figure out exactly how it ties into ... all the shootings out here," said Daniel Comeaux, Dallas Police Chief.

Authorities have not released the victims' identities or details about the conditions of those injured. Police also have not determined whether the gunfire occurred inside entertainment venues or on nearby streets.

Comeaux said the department had increased its staffing throughout Deep Ellum ahead of Halloween celebrations. No police officers were injured during the incidents.

"We were fully staffed out here. We had a lot of officers. There was a lot of response out here.

We looked at the plan. We knew it was Saturday night. We knew it was Halloween, so we were staffed properly," said Daniel Comeaux, Dallas Police Chief.

He also described how quickly officers reached the shooting locations and highlighted an officer's efforts to save an injured person through emergency medical intervention.

"I mean, those are the things that helps more chaos from continuing on. When you have that presence and you have the officers on the scene that fast," said Daniel Comeaux, Dallas Police Chief.

A witness working in the neighborhood described the panic that followed the first gunfire. Bri Jason, a hostess at Hawkers Asian Street Food, told CNN she remained in Deep Ellum after finishing her restaurant shift.

"One of my coworkers just told me she was out, and she had to duck behind a food stand," said Bri Jason, a hostess at Hawkers Asian Street Food.

Jason said she heard screaming and saw people running when the shooting began. She also described the unusually heavy Halloween crowds filling the neighborhood's streets.

"100 bodies around you," said Bri Jason, describing the crowded streets in Deep Ellum.

She said her experience with violence in the entertainment district was not new after spending several years working in the area.

"I've been down here a couple years, and you know, it's nowhere near my first time being caught up in the middle of it," said Bri Jason, a hostess at Hawkers Asian Street Food.

Jason also described the frequency of gun violence from her perspective.

"Very common," said Bri Jason, describing her perception of gun violence in Deep Ellum.

Dallas Police are requesting photographs, videos and social media footage recorded around the shooting locations to help investigators reconstruct the incidents.

Comeaux said detectives had already received information from members of the public but needed additional material to verify what happened at each scene.

"We're really asking the public, if you have video, if you have pictures, anything from social media, anything, please contact us with this so we can try to piece this together and bring justice here," said Daniel Comeaux, Dallas Police Chief.

He emphasized that recordings could help investigators establish the sequence of events, even if witnesses believed their footage contained nothing significant.

"We need all the videos you have. If you have anything, even if you don't think it may show anything, you never know. We're already getting information in, and so we need to confirm some of this information. And I'm pretty sure someone has caught the proper footage on video that can help us," said Daniel Comeaux, Dallas Police Chief.

City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert also addressed the violence, expressing sympathy for the victims and their families in an official statement.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families following the tragic overnight shootings in Deep Ellum," said Kimberly Bizor Tolbert, Dallas City Manager.

Tolbert said the city would provide additional information as it became available.

The shootings add to a series of violent incidents in Deep Ellum during 2026. In August, two people were shot along Canton Street on August 14, followed by another incident on Elm Street on August 23 that injured three people and led to a man's arrest.

Earlier in the spring, five people were injured by gunfire along Commerce Street during Cinco de Mayo celebrations. The Halloween attacks also occurred approximately six months after two overnight shootings near one another killed a 26-year-old security officer and injured five others, according to CNN affiliate KTVT.

Comeaux reiterated the department's commitment to identifying those responsible for the latest incidents.

"We're going to do everything that we need to do to get everyone in custody that's responsible," said Daniel Comeaux, Dallas Police Chief.

Deep Ellum, established in 1873, is one of Dallas' historic commercial districts and a prominent arts and entertainment destination known for its restaurants, galleries, live music venues and nightlife.