Several events held across Dallas to get people the COVID-19 vaccine
By FOX 4 Staff
DALLAS - The Dallas Police Department and Dallas County Health and Human Services were out in Far Northeast Dallas Saturday morning to help people sign up for the COVID-19 vaccine.
Those who got registered at the event at the Hong Kong Market could head to Fair Park and get their first shot just hours later.
The mega-site was administering Pfizer doses.
A spokesperson with DCHHS said they do this type of outreach six or seven times a week.
She said it’s just one way the whole community can get closer to achieving herd immunity.
Updated: 6:31 PM CDT April 9, 2021
DALLAS Johnson & Johnson vaccines will be available from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at South Oak Cliff High School.
Registration is required.
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The Dallas police chief vows to continue the investigation into one of his officers despite a judge finding a lack of evidence in his murder-for-hire allegations.
By Matt Goodman
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April 9, 2021
7:35 am
Dallas Police Chief García Will Continue Investigation Into Fired Officer. Dallas Officer Bryan Riser is a free man. He was originally indicted on charges that he ordered the killings of two people. Earlier this week, police modified the warrants to remove some information. And then a judge ruled that detectives did not have enough evidence to bring the case to a grand jury. The judge ordered Riser be freed. Yesterday, in his first public remarks about the case, the chief stood by the work of his detectives and vowed to “continue to thoroughly investigate this case.” Police will need to find new evidence in order to bring the case to the grand jury, which will be difficult Riser was under investigation for the past four years,
Venton Hill-Jones, an election judge presiding over Dallas’ District 4 race, called the police yesterday alleging City Council candidate Johnny Aguinaga had threatened him. Aguinaga is running for the District 4 council seat.
The dispute began when Jones realized one of Aguinaga’s campaign signs was posted on someone’s property without permission, he contends. When Jones pulled up to his house Tuesday, he found a big campaign sign in the lot next door. It read, “Vote for Johnny Aguinaga. Be the change.”
Aguinaga owns the property where the originalCampRhonda homeless encampment was set up. He has said that if he is elected, homelessness in South Oak Cliff would cease to exist.