Gun violence, fentanyl and politicians in hot water have shaped current events in Dallas and beyond this year.
after taking what she thought was a single Percocet pill, and in June, another Carrollton teenager died from a fentanyl overdose after she ingested a pill she had arranged to buy from a dealer via social media after she was told it was a Percocet.
Although Gov. Greg Abbott announced a $10-million campaign designed to create fentanyl awareness and stock counties with new supplies of Narcan, the state government isn’t yet all-in on trying new approaches to fight fentanyl overdoses and deaths. In the recently completed legislative session each of the bills authored toa gunman killed eight
, including three children, when he opened fire in the parking lot at Allen Premium Outlets. The killer, 33-year-old Mauricio Garcia, was shot and killed on the scene minutes after the attack began. Details from law enforcement didn’t come quickly, or often, in the days following the shooting, but Gov. Abbott took to the airwaveswas more of a mental health issue than it was a gun issue.
The Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed the press reports stating that Garcia, a former security guard from Dallas,on social media and had Nazi-related tattoos on his body. Among the victims was a mother, father and their 3-year-old son, a pair of elementary-age sisters and a 20-year-old security guard who police say helped save lives before he was killed.released the bodycam footageAt 3:36 p.m.
Arguably the two biggest stories to emerge from this year’s session involved politicians with North Texas ties. On May 8, Rep. Bryan Slaton, a Republican from Royse City, resigned his post beforethe next day. A few weeks earlier, a 19-year-old intern had accused the married Slaton of providing her with alcohol late one night in his Austin apartment and of having an inappropriate sexual relationship with her.
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