Police believe the man pictured above is responsible for a string of car burglaries in the Uptown area. (Dallas PD)

Dallas police are asking the public to help them find the suspect in a string of car burglaries in the Uptown area in the past week.

Most of the burglaries happened in apartment complex parking garages and appear to be part of a single offense targeting multiple cars consecutively, police said in a news release.

The suspect, described by police as a Latino in his 20s, has targeted electronics left inside cars.

Surveillance video from a recent offense shows that the man drives a red or maroon late-model Jeep Wrangler with paper license tags, police said.

Anyone with information can call detectives at 214-670-4414.

Update at 3 p.m. December 5: Maj. Jeff Cotner of the Crimes Against Persons Division says the “person of interest” in the slaying of Sharneen “Shawn” Norman has been identified by Norman’s family as her boyfriend. But authorities have not released his name, and Cotner says police are “not at the point where we can say our case is closed.”

But at a press conference Friday afternoon, Cotner said a man matching the boyfriend’s description was seen on surveillance video leaving the DP&L Flats around sunrise Sunday, not long after neighbors reported hearing “a commotion” coming from the apartment.

“One neighbor reported hearing a pop,” said Cotner.

Cotner said that when officers entered the apartment Monday, after receiving a call from her father, they found the door locked. The boyfriend had a key, police say, and was the sole name on the lease as someone who had permission to enter the apartment.

Dallas police say the person of interest was found around 5 p.m. Thursday in a motel room in Conway, Arkansas — two days after the man checked in. He was discovered when he failed to check out. Officers found a gun in the room, and it’s believed he committed suicide. Dallas detectives are heading to Conway to talk to their detectives and gather further evidence.

Sharneen "Shawn" Norman would have turned 50 last Wednesday.

The only person being looked at for the slaying of Shawn Norman is the person of interest, said Cotner.

Update at 1:46 p.m. December 5 by Tristan Hallman: Dallas police said they were searching for a male acquaintance of Sharneen “Shawn” Norman’s, and that he has now been found dead in Conway, Ark.

Police there are investigating the man’s death as a possible suicide.

Dallas police have scheduled a 3 p.m. press conference to discuss today’s developments.

Pettis Norman, Sharneen’s father and a former Dallas Cowboy, says he will speak with us following the press conference.

Original (updated) post from Dec. 2: 

Sharneen Norman would have turned 50 tomorrow. But now her father, a beloved former Dallas Cowboy, will spend Wednesday planning her funeral while police investigate her murder.

“You can’t put your mind around this,” says her father Pettis Norman. “It’s just mind-boggling.”

Dallas police say it appears Sharneen, a former music executive at Sony in New York City, was shot to death over the weekend in her apartment at the DP&L Flats on Browder and Commerce streets. Her body was not discovered until Monday evening, after the former Cowboys tight end-turned-businessman called police to request a health and welfare check. Police have released very little information about the case, and have not said if they have a suspect or have made an arrest. (On Tuesday morning, police initially identified her as “Shareen.”)

Pettis, who’s now 75, says he last heard from his daughter late Saturday, when she texted concerning a deal involving the family hair-care business, Liquid Love. But when he and his two other daughters couldn’t reach Sharneen after that, they became concerned.

“Normally, if we call or text she will respond very quickly,” Pettis says. “One thing led to another, and as time passed we became more concerned.”

So concerned that Pettis tried to gain access to his daughter’s downtown apartment, where she lived alone. The manager wouldn’t let him in without permission, Pettis says, so he called police and asked them to take a look.

Officers were dispatched to former Dallas Power & Light building at 5:09 p.m. Monday, according to Dallas police Officer Tramese Andrews. Andrews says the manager let officers into Sharneen’s apartment, where they discovered her body.

“It appears [she] suffered a gunshot wound causing her death,” says Andrews. Police say they are investigating the death as a homicide.

Maj. Jeff Cotner of the crimes against persons division said the investigation is active, and detectives stayed up all night working the case. Cotner was tight-lipped on details, such as whether there was any sign of forced entry into the apartment.

Her father is deferring questions about the investigation to police.

“That’s where we are now,” says Pettis. “We went down and met with them last night until almost 1 o’clock. We’re now waiting for them again.”

And pondering the unfathomable. Says Pettis, because of a previously scheduled business trip he celebrated Sharneen’s 50th birthday late last week, knowing he wouldn’t be in town tomorrow.

“I’ve raised a very close family,” says Pettis, whose wife Margaret died at the age of 50 and whose grandson Alex plays defensive tackle for the University of Texas at Austin. “We always tried to have a strong family bond with each other, and I tried to pass that down to the kids and grandkids and so forth. It’s just so difficult. It’s just so difficult.”

From Left to Right: Tyler Wiley, Kaelan Stephens and Torrey Goodson Jr.

Three people have been arrested in connection with last month’s fatal shooting of a 15-year-old Duncanville boy who was battling cancer, a city spokesperson said Thursday.

Torrey Goodson Jr., 17, of Lancaster; Kaelan Stephens, 19, of Glenn Heights; and Marcus Rice, 17 have all been charged with capital murder in connection with the death of Ryan Lara.

On Nov. 10, Lara, who had been battling Lymphoma, was shot outside his home in the 700 block of Wren Avenue, near Interstate 20.

Police believe he may have been shot in an attempted robbery.

A fourth person, 19-year-old Tyler Wiley of DeSoto, has also been charged with capital murder in Lara’s death. Wiley, who was arrested Nov. 18, also confessed to two aggravated robberies, police said.

All four are being held in the Dallas County Jail. Bail for Stephens and Wiley has been set at $1 million, while bail for Goodson has been set at $500,000.

Rice’s bail information and mug shot were not yet available.

Body and dashboard camera footage from Tuesday’s fatal Fort Worth police shooting supports the action taken by the officer, Chief Jeffrey Halstead said.

Fort Worth police were called to a robbery at The Gas Pipe store at 6033 Camp Bowie Boulevard shortly before midnight after a store clerk escaped and called 911. When officers arrived, another clerk ran out of the store and said that a man was inside with a baseball bat and a screwdriver.

The officers, who were both wearing body cameras, confronted the man as he exited and ordered him to drop his weapons.

Instead of complying, the footage shows the man charging at Officer E. Gasca with a screwdriver in one hand and a baseball bat raised above his head “as if he was going to hit the officer on his head,” Halstead said.

Gasca fired one shot at the suspect. He was taken to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The video “clearly support the actions taken by the officers involved in this tragic incident,” Halstead said.

“The officer tried to retreat for over 15 feet as the suspect closed to a distance of less than six feet from the officer,” he said. “Thankfully, they utilized their training, tactics and excellent communication so they could stay safe and go home at the end of their shift.”

The suspect will not be identified until the medical examiner’s office has notified his family, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.

Gasca was hired by the department Dec. 13, 2013 and is assigned to the West Division patrol. He will remain on routine administrative leave pending the outcome of the criminal and administrative investigation.

Luis Terraza Duran

Luis Terraza Duran of Wylie was sentenced to 55 years in prison on two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and 17 years on one count of indecency with a child. The crimes involved a relative.

Duran began sexually assaulting the relative when she was 10 years old while her mother was at work, according to a press release from the Collin County District Attorney’s Office. The man would lock out the girl’s younger sister, who tried to prevent the attacks.

Duran impregnated the girl, who gave birth in 2005. She was 11.

The relative ran away from home when she was 13. Her school contacted police, who found the girl and took her to the Collin County Children’s Advocacy Center. She identified Duran as the father of her child, officials said.

Allen police investigated the case and got a warrant, but Duran escaped to Mexico. He was extradited to the U.S. in 2013.

Judge Keith Dean issued the sentences, which will run concurrently.

A Fort Worth man was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Thursday, for fatally stabbing a neighbor who had an affair with his wife.

Luis Miguel Hernandez

Luis Miguel Hernandez, 31, will be eligible for parole on good behavior, according to a news release from the Tarrant County District Attorney’s office.

The summer of 2013, Hernandez and his family were living in an apartment in the 6200 block of Watermark Court in Fort Worth.

Devin Toler, 18, lived in the unit above the Hernandez home.

Prosecutors said Toler and Hernandez’s wife had an affair at some point, creating hostility between the two men.

On the evening of June 20, 2013, Toler and his ex-girlfriend were playing with their 19-month-old daughter in the apartment complex’s basketball court. Hernandez left his apartment to take out the trash.

The men “exchanged words” and started fist fighting, the news release states.

Prosecutors alleged Hernandez fatally stabbed Toler in the heart with a butter knife, but his defense counsel contended that he stabbed Toler in self defense.

The jury deliberated less than two hours before handing down a verdict in favor of the prosecution.

“You don’t get to provoke a fistfight, stab someone with a knife and then claim self-defense,” Prosecutor Tasha Foster said in the news release from the DA’s office. “Devin had an affair with the defendant’s wife, but he didn’t deserve to die for it.”

(Ron Baselice/Staff Photographer)

Special Agent Diego Rodriguez answers questions at Thursday's press conference announcing the addition of Lewisville cab driver Yaser Abdel Said to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list.

A Lewisville man who is suspected of murdering his two teenage daughters in Irving in 2008 has been added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list.

Yaser Abdel Said, 57, took his daughters, Amina, 18, and Sarah, 17, for a ride in his taxi cab on Jan. 1, 2008. They thought he was taking them to get something to eat. But Said shot both girls to death inside the cab at an Irving motel, authorities say.

The Egyptian-born father disappeared after the killings and remains a fugitive.

Some believe the girls were victims of so-called honor killings, the practice of killing female relatives believed to have somehow brought shame to a family.

Irving police have said they explored all possible motives for the murders. Police have said the family had previous domestic problems.

The FBI released this undated photo of Said, who may be altering his appearance to avoid detection.

The sisters’ great-aunt has said that Said physically abused the two girls for years. Said threatened to kill the girls, who attended Lewisville High School, after he learned they had boyfriends, a relative has said. A documentary film about the murders said Said shared a belief held in some parts of the world that women in a family are the property of men.

The older daughter, Amina, defied her father and said in emails that she believed he was eventually going to kill her, according to the film.

Said has ties to Egypt, Canada, the New York area and North Texas, the FBI said.

He was last seen in Irving in 2008. He is 6 feet 2 inches tall, weighs 180 pounds and has a medium complexion. He has brown eyes and black hair, but the FBI thinks he might have altered his appearance to avoid detection. He may or may not wear a mustache or shave his head, they said.

“Said was born in Egypt and may seek shelter in communities with Egyptian ties,” the FBI said. “He frequents diners including Denny’s and IHOP, and smokes Marlboro Lights 100’s cigarettes. He may work as a taxi driver.”

The FBI says it doesn’t know where Said is. But the documentary film suggests he never left the U.S. and may still be in the Dallas area. One person in the film reports seeing Said.

The FBI is offering a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading to Said’s arrest.

Said is considered armed and dangerous. Anyone with information should call 1-800-CALL-FBI or go online at http://tips.fbi.gov. Tipsters may remain anonymous.

Police are asking the public to help track down a driver who fatally struck a bicyclist in south Fort Worth earlier this month.

Robert Gallegos was riding his bicycle southbound on McCart Street the early morning of November 22. A black Nissan Altima struck him from behind, according to a news release from Fort Worth police.

Gallegos, 52, died at the scene, which was about a mile from his home.

The driver continued driving. The car had “minimal front end damage,” police said.

Anyone with information about the crash can call 817-392-4891 or send a tip to Crime Stoppers at 817-469-8477.

Crime Stoppers will offer up to $1,000 if the tip leads to an arrest in the case, police said.

(Vernon Bryant/Staff Photographer)

Eric Williams makes his way into the courtroom before closing arguments in his capital murder trial Thursday at the Rockwall County Courthouse.

[This post has been updated]

ROCKWALL — Former Kaufman County Justice of the Peace Eric Williams has been found guilty of capital murder in connection with the slaying of the district attorney and his wife.

Williams, 47, was charged with capital murder in the January 2013 shooting death of prosecutor Mark Hasse as he arrived for work just blocks from the courthouse. He was charged with two additional counts in the Easter weekend 2013 murders of district attorney Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia, at their Forney home.

Williams was found guilty for the murder of Cynthia McLelland committed during a burglary or the murder of her husband. The punishment phase of the trial begins Monday. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.

During the trial, prosecutors alleged that Williams plotted the slayings as revenge for Mike McLelland and Hasse prosecuting him in 2012 for stealing county computer monitors. Williams lost his elected JP spot and his law license.

In closing arguments, defense attorney Matthew Seymour tried to throw doubt on the prosecution’s case, calling it and “fantasy” and telling the 12 jurors and two alternates that his client was innocent.

“Eric Williams did not commit these murders,” Seymour said, standing before jurors.

He reminded jurors that there was no “biometric” evidence connecting Williams to the McLelland home. No fingerprints, DNA or hair. He also said there were no eyewitnesses to the murder or the grudge prosecutors contend Williams had.

He said prosecutors spent so much time telling jurors about their theory that Williams killed the McLellands out of revenge because “they have a lack of other evidence where it counts.”

Seymour also cast blame on Williams’ now-estranged wife, Kim Williams, who is also charged and suggested she was the one who wrote a “confession” through a Crime Stoppers website and communicated with law enforcement, as well as the person who conducted computer searches into Mike McLelland.

Kim Williams has been charged with capital murder and has cooperated with law enforcement. Authorities have said she was in the car during the slayings of Hasse and the McLellands and was the getaway driver once.

Prosecutor Bill Wirskye told jurors in his closing arguments that he wished the case was the fantasy that Seymour spoke of for the sake of the McLelland family and for law enforcement. Wirskye told jurors that he saw the crime scene photos of the McLellands every time he closed his eyes and that they would, too.

“If not Eric Williams, then who?” Wirskye asked. Who would killed the McLellands with a “murderous rage” and then frame Williams for murder. The murders, Wirskye said were “an unprecedented assault on the foundation of our criminal justice system.”

Cynthia McLelland would have been a witness “until he put a bullet in her brain,” Wirskye said.

Prosecutor Toby Shook, in his closing arguments, described the bloody crime scene, going into detail about what the killer left after firing 20 shots in less than two minutes inside the house. The McLellands, he said, had been sleeping because a security system picked up no movement until the door opened. Mike McLelland was dressed in sweat pants and no shirt and Cynthia McLelland was in a night shirt.

Cynthia McLelland was killed first, prosecutors believe.

“She knows what is about to happen to her,” Shook said. “She saw what was coming and raised her arm. But she didn’t have a chance.”

Cynthia McLelland’s children, Christina Tomlinson and Nathan Foreman, held hands as Shook spoke Tomlinson’s husband rested his hand on his wife’s leg and Foreman’s wife did the same on her husband’s leg.

Sniffles filled the courtroom, and Mike McLelland’s mother looked as though she were fighting back tears during closing arguments.

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