People committing robbery have identified
the elderly as easy targets, and they
they do a series of robberies
where the only victims that they
commit crimes against are elderly people.
The crimes happen across the city.
But in Oak Cliff, the problem of murder
has been severe.
And the map shows that the dots point
out murder scenes.
Seven elderly murders in Oak Cliff
since 1985, five in other
Dallas neighborhoods, all 69
years or older, brought to the public's
attention last year.
Only one of the murders solved.
Since then,
one person may have been responsible for
more than one, but it certainly wasn't
the same person who did all the crime
no
more. And that person, though, is still
there
unless we've arrested him on another case
that we haven't connected.
While police look for suspects, residents
look to protect themselves any way they
can. If someone's going to steal it from
me, I have no qualms about blowing away.
Someone comes into my house.
That's tough.
I mean, we're going to do something
to them. Authorities hope they can do
something before an innocent person gets
shot by a citizen.