Convicted felon surrenders, charged in one of the Deep Ellum Halloween shootings – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

Convicted felon surrenders, charged in one of the Deep Ellum Halloween shootings  NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

David Yancy surrendered after being identified in surveillance images. He faces a federal felon-in-possession charge and seven aggravated assault counts. Police are asking for the public’s help in finding those behind the Halloween night violence in Dallas ahead of a community listening session today. NBC 5’s Larry Collins tells us the details. A convicted felon has been arrested and is facing multiple charges in one of the three Deep Ellum Halloween shootings that together killed four people and injured 15 others, federal investigators and Dallas Police say. Ryan Raybould, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, said Thursday that 31-year-old David Dishon Yancy surrendered to Dallas Police on Wednesday after he was identified in photos taken from surveillance video of the shooting and that were shared by local news stations.

"We've officially charged one of the shooters responsible for one of the mass shootings in Deep Ellum on Halloween weekend," Raybould said Thursday. Federal investigators released the images the day before, showing a man in Deep Ellum pull a gun out of his waistband and cock it moments before they said he fired 11 rounds indiscriminately into a crowded street. Raybould said Yancy is facing federal charges for being a felon in possession of a firearm or ammunition and that more federal charges are possible. "The defendant is