The Selma Police Department is investigating a shooting that left a two-year-old boy dead on Wednesday.
Investigators said someone fired several shots into a trailer in the 1000 block of Old Montgomery Highway at around 3 a.m. Neighbors were awoken and police rushed to the scene. However, they found the baby dead.
Community members are calling out for an end to violence.
District Attorney Robert Turner, Jr. said a wave of violence over recent weeks has shaken Dallas County and claimed the lives of young people.
"In three separate incidents, we have lost young people — full of promise and potential — to senseless gun violence," Turner said. "And in the most recent tragedy, an innocent toddler — a baby — was brutally shot and killed inside a home. Three separate acts. Three separate families devastated. One community that is hurting deeply."
The identity of the baby killed Wednesday has not been released and no arrests have been announced. Turner said his office will work to bring justice.
"These tragedies have not gone unanswered," he continued. "I am proud to report that the pain of our community has brought our law enforcement agencies together in a powerful and necessary way. Our local, county, and state partners are working side by side — with a level of cooperation and coordination that this circuit has long needed — to hold those responsible accountable and to prevent further loss of life. But law enforcement cannot do this alone."
Police are asking anyone with information to come forward.
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