UPDATE: Shots Fired At Burger Street, Two Dead
February 17, 2011
UPDATED AT 12:25 P.M.
The Dallas County Medical Examiner’s office confirmed that Chadwick Daniel Ryan was pronounced dead at 10:32 p.m. after the shooting at Burger Street. According to office staff, an autopsy will be done this afternoon.
UPDATED AT 10:03 A.M.
The Dallas Morning News and MyFoxDFW are reporting this morning that a second victim was pronounced dead at Baylor Medical Center.
UPDATED AT 12:52 A.M.
By Aida Ahmed
aahmed@smu.edu
Shots rang out late Wednesday night at the Burger Street by the Phoenix Apartments on Mockingbird Lane.
The shooting left one man dead. Another victim was injured and taken to the hospital.
Stephanie Cone, a nurse at Baylor University Medical Center of Dallas, was going to the Exxon gas station next to Burger Street when she heard the gunfire.
Police search a car at the scene of the shooting late Wednesday night. (PHOTO BY STUART PALLEY / SMU DAILY MUSTANG)
“I heard three shots, boom, boom, boom, in a row,” Cone said. “I just wanted to get in my car and drive away. People started scattering about and somebody ran to call the police.”
After she got in her car, she drove back to the scene of the crime where she saw a dead body on the pavilion of the restaurant. She said she saw police and an ambulance and 15 minutes later she saw a helicopter flying above.
Pamela Rhodes, a security guard who works across the street, was driving up to the parking lot of Kroger when she heard the shots.
“I heard eight shot rounds and saw the victim in the parking lot.”
Police cut off access to Burger Street and no one could come in or out of the Phoenix. Residents can now enter and exit the complex. Witnesses say they believe a suspect had run into the apartment complex where some SMU students live.
SMU junior Chase Hardage lives in the Phoenix and was in his apartment on the fourth floor which overlooks the Burger Street.
“It sounded like someone was literally banging on the balcony window,” Hardage said.
His roommate went to the balcony and called him over to see what was happening below.
“We saw two individuals running to our left, one of them had a gun,” Hardage said. “We didn’t realize what was going on. There was a dead individual on the ground about 50 feet from there.”
Hardage said he heard at least ten shots.
SMU senior Dexter Hostetter arrived at the Phoenix after the incident and was not allowed into the complex.
“I arrived at around 10:45 p.m.,” said Hostetter. “I’m just trying to get in. What I know is there was a shooting.”
Stay tuned to the Daily Mustang for updates on this story.
Just tweeted you too, still think the picture is totally unnecessary and vulgar, but the story isn’t bad. Props.
Take off the picture. Have some respect please.
That’s messed up. Posting pictures of dead people. This is why the Daily Mustang is not as respected as the Daily Campus for journalism.
[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Phillip Brito, Alex McGregor, Ayaka Suzuki, shsperspective, rphillips1310 and others. rphillips1310 said: “@SMUDailyMustang: Picture: One dead @ the scene of the Burger Street Shooting: http://bit.ly/epECTF” holy crap [...]
We understand this photo may be disturbing to some viewers and we respect your opinion. We have included a well reported story and we want to reflect a breaking news story that happened directly next to an apartment complex that many SMU students live in. This is the view that students living in the Phoenix have of the crime scene and others down below in the parking lot. We did not post the picture on the homepage and have now added a disclaimer for future readers.
i live in phoenix, and that pic is def not from the view of the phoenix, that was taken inside burger street, cuz hedges block the view of body from apartment
Our photographer was on the fourth floor of the the Phoenix on the balcony.
I don’t see the image at all?
We respect the opinions of our readers and we took the picture down, that is why you do not see the photo anymore. Thanks
suspects just arrested and taken away, one by ambulance, hispanic male and white male, white male left in ambulance, were hiding in an apartment
I cant believe this happened. and yall posted the deceased picture I was there when the fiancée found out I cant believe yall would put his DECEASED picture up!! with him just laying on the ground DEAD!! Words can not describe how I feel
@aahmed – You respect the opinion of the vocal minority portion of your readers. Maybe a link to the picture with a disclaimer was in order?
Didn’t the Munsters live on Mockingbird Lane? I guess the real life monsters are a lot scarier. By the way if Eddie’s mother was a vampire and his father was a Frankenstein monster, how mas it that he was a werewolf?
joemamma posted at 3 a.m. that the suspects were arrested. Can the Daily Mustang confirm that?
Don’t forget about the suspects. There is still justice to be done.
where can we see the pic that was removed?
it was 2 am the time stamp for that post was wrong
2am was when they were finally brought out of apartment complex
just like now, there time stamps are wrong
TEST its 12:41pm now and it shows 1:41pm
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