Dallas singer shot while signing autographs after show, police say
- A Dallas singer was hospitalized after being shot while signing autographs following a performance at The Black Academy of Arts and Letters, according to police.
Police responded to reports of a shooting on Saturday, Nov. 2, shortly before 6 p.m. at 600 S. Griffin St., near the Dallas Memorial Auditorium.
Officers found 26-year-old Jada Arnell Thomas had been shot in the chest. Thomas was transported to a Baylor hospital and is in stable condition, police said.
Witnesses told police they saw a woman pointing a gun at Thomas before running away from the scene with other people in the theater. Witnesses also said the suspected shooter was "really robotic and off," according to an affidavit.
The suspect, identified as 26-year-old Micah Williams, was arrested a few streets away in a hotel lobby at the 200 block of Akard St. Williams faces charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and was booked into the Dallas County Jail. A handgun was recovered from her purse during her arrest, police said.
Williams admitted shooting Thomas in an interview with police after the arrest, according to the affidavit.
FOX 4 reporters on the scene noted signs outside the theater indicating that Monday night's performance had been canceled.
The motive for the shooting remains under investigation.
