Benbrook Double Homicide & Shooting: Community on Edge

0:00It's April 21st, from your city to your ears. This is Dallas News Today, powered by AI, I'm Cory with the story. Last week, police in Benbrook responded to a shooting at a local home where they found a man and a woman suffering from gunshot wounds. The man was 39-year-old Clifton Wayne Jones, and the woman was 46-year-old Lisa Spear Craig. Both were rushed to Harris' Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth. Jones passed away in the emergency room at 12.47 a.m. on April 14th, and autopsy is still pending to confirm his exact cause of death. Craig held on a bit longer in serious condition, but died on Friday, April 17th, ruled a homicide from a gunshot to the neck by the tarant, county medical examiner. These back-to-back tragedies hit the tight-knit Benbrook community hard, leaving neighbors on edge about rising violence in the area. No suspects have been named yet in the home shooting, and police are piecing together what led to the deadly encounter.

1:00Meanwhile, that same Friday, April 17th, brought another fatal shooting in Benbrook. An elementary school assistant principal was killed, and a man now faces a manslaughter charge in connection with it. Investigations continue on both cases, with authorities urging anyone with info to come forward as they work to bring closure to grieving families.