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Dallas police release body-camera footage after Canton Street shooting; five injured, 19-year-old shot by officer
Summary
Deputy Chief William Griffith said officers were flagged down about a gunshot victim about 2:25 a.m. July 5 in the 2600 block of Canton Street. Officers located additional victims, encountered 19-year-old Tevin Valentine holding a gun and Officer Louis Garza Fuentes fired one round; five people were taken to hospitals.
Deputy Chief William Griffith of the Dallas Police Criminal Investigations Group briefed the public on July 5, 2025, saying officers responded at about 2:25 a.m. after being flagged down for a person suffering multiple gunshot wounds in the 2600 block of Canton Street. "This is the third Dallas police officer involved shooting in 2025," Griffith said as he summarized the preliminary investigation.
Griffith said while officers were rendering aid they heard additional gunfire from just south of their location. Officers found another wounded person in a nearby parking lot; two officers remained with that victim while Officer Louis Garza Fuentes and another officer approached and saw 19-year-old…
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