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Jimmy Moreno (18) was shot to death during a fight outside a gas station
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Published: Apr 15, 2009 @ 8:14 AM
Jimmy Moreno (18)
Date:
Feb 16, 2009
Cause of Death:
Shot
Location:
Irving, TX
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Students at Irving's Nimitz High School are in mourning this week after junior Jimmy Moreno, 18, was gunned down during a fight outside a northwest Dallas gas station.
"He's a young man who was really trying to graduate," said Nimitz Principal Rick Nolly. "He had gone through some tough times earlier, but he had turned it around and was trying to graduate."
Nolly said a mobile crisis unit was on hand earlier this week for students who needed to talk.
"We're saddened at the loss," Nolly said. "Our heart goes out to the family."
As is often the case with Dallas murders, the killing appears to have been a completely senseless act.
Carlos Alberto Salazar, 19, (photo at right) was arrested on a charge of murder in the fatal shooting Monday morning in the 2200 block of West Northwest Highway. He is being held at the Dallas County Jail on $200,000 bond.
Dallas police believe a group of people who had been at a nearby club gathered at a Valero station after the club closed at 2 a.m.
A short time later, a large fight broke out between two groups. At least one witness saw Salazar and Moreno fighting each other, according to police documents.
Salazar is accused of shooting Moreno and then fleeing in a white Mercury Grand Marquis. Dallas police officers nearby who saw the gunman drive away gave chase.
They arrested Salazar after he crashed into a guardrail, police documents said. A gun was recovered from his car.
Salazar implicated himself in the killing during an interview with a Dallas police homicide detective, according to the documents. Police said Salazar is a known gang member.
*Thanks to Facebook friend Kyle Morton for alerting us that Jimmy Moreno was a Nimitz student.
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