According to Dallas police, a 66-year-old Texas man was recently shot and killed after trying to sell a cell phone on Facebook Marketplace.
Amaya Medrano, 19, was charged with murder, police said. Police announced her arrest in a press release on November 13.
According to Fox 4, Ahmad Alkhalaf was found dead at a gas station in Oak Cliff on November 8. Officers found his body next to his pickup truck.
“On November 8, 2024, around 3 p.m., Dallas Police responded to a shooting in the 300 block of South Marsalis Avenue,” police said in an announcement. “The preliminary investigation revealed that one person had been shot.”
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Amaya Medrano has been charged in connection with the death of a 66-year-old man at a Texas gas station this month.
“Dallas Fire-Rescue transported the victim to a local hospital where they died from their injuries,” the statement continued.
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According to FOX 4, Alkhalaf tried to sell an iPhone 15 to a potential buyer he contacted through Facebook Marketplace.
Surveillance footage appears to show Alkhalaf and the suspect having a brief conversation before the suspect turns, shoots the 66-year-old man and runs away.
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Ahmad Alkhalaf was found dead at a gas station in Dallas' Oak Cliff neighborhood on November 8.
The suspect was later determined to be Medrano based on her prominent face and neck tattoos, according to police, who tracked down the suspect days later after finding the stolen phone listed on the same Facebook account Alkhalaf had been in contact with .
Court records obtained by FOX 4 show that Medrano pleaded guilty to stabbing someone in 2023 and was serving five years of probation for the incident at the time of her arrest.
Medrano is currently being held in the Dallas County Jail; her bail is set at $1 million.
Amaya Medrano, 19, was charged with murder over the incident.
Dallas police are investigating the incident. Anyone with information about the case is asked to call 214-671-4095.
Original article source: Texas man, 66, shot dead while selling cell phone on Facebook Marketplace: police
