Fifteen-year-old Billy Morales died after
apparently being caught in the crossfire of
a gang-related shooting.
It happened Friday afternoon.
Morales, along with a 27-year-old man and a
16-year-old teenager, were standing across
the street from Skyline High School when police
say gang members drove by and opened fire.
Right now we're hurt because of the fact that
he was an innocent child and this wasn't supposed
to happen to him.
Family and friends say Morales was never
involved in a gang.
He was a good kid.
He didn't like to start trouble or nothing.
He liked to go to parties and DJ at parties and
stuff and I mean he didn't cause, he wasn't
like the troublemaking kid or anything like that.
Following this incident, an additional 35
officers were put on the streets through the weekend.
The Morales family hopes the beefed up police
patrols this weekend in southeast and southwest
Dallas will help to put a stop to the
escalating gang related activity.
It's just a vicious thing that's going on and
unfortunately he was an innocent bystander
and he had nothing to do with it.
Morales leaves behind a large family of seven
brothers and two sisters, a family who believed
in his future and wanted to help him realize
his dreams.
Shelly Johnson, Texas News 5.