19-year-old woman accused of murdering elderly Dallas man

Amaya Medrano mugshot, Dallas County Jail
DALLAS – Police charged a woman with capital murder for the death of an elderly man in Dallas last Friday.
Officers responded to a shooting in the 300 block of South Marsailis Avenue in South Dallas around 3 p.m. on Nov. 8. 
When they arrived, they found 66-year-old Ahmad Alkhalaf with a gunshot wound.
Alkhalaf was taken to a nearby hospital, where he later died.
On Wednesday, Dallas police announced that 19-year-old Amaya Medrano had been charged with capital murder in connection with the shooting. 

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Police say the Seagoville man bypassed security at Horn High School after a student allowed him in through a locked exterior door.
They did not release any details about a motive or the circumstances surrounding the shooting.
Court records show Medrano was serving a five-year probation sentence for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after pleading guilty to stabbing someone in 2023.
She is currently in custody at the Dallas County Jail.
Information in this article comes from the Dallas Police Department and court records.