Deep Ellum Halloween shooting victim remembered

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Nov 5, 2026
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A 28-year-old victim shot and killed Halloween weekend in Deep Ellum
is being remembered by friends after the tragedy in Dallas.
Younique Benjamin was one of four people killed
when three different shootings injured 15 people.
So far, one man has been arrested,
but no shooting suspect has been located.
Fox 4's David Centendri spoke with Benjamin's friend
who was planning to meet her when shots were fired. David.
Well Clarice, tonight the Deep Ellum Community Center holding a meeting
with people just to talk about how to move forward from these shootings
and what it can do to combat crime in the neighborhood.
Some innocent bystanders, it appears,
were caught up in the gunfire and I spoke to one woman
who is a friend of one of the victims who was killed.
She was on her way to the neighborhood to meet that friend
when she saw all the chaos.
She was my world, like we did everything together.
From the moment Oceanae Rose met her best friend,
28-year-old Unique Benjamin, things just clicked.
Right off the bat.
Right off the bat.
Felt like you knew her forever.
Forever, like literally, it felt like I knew her forever.
After nearly a decade of friendship, Benjamin moved to Chicago,
but returned to DFW Halloween weekend.
They were planning to meet in Deep Ellum,
but that meeting never happened.
As I arrived, I just seen a whole bunch of people running and people
screaming and cars backing up, police yelling and the lights.
Rose approaching one of three shooting scenes in which 15 people
were wounded and four others killed, including her friend.
I was literally there, like I could.
See where, like, she was at, but I just couldn't find her.
And I'm texting her, like, where are you at?
Community members are discussing ways to curb violence in Deep Ellum.
I want people to understand that Deep Ellum
is not a breeding ground for crime.
Untrained Grant says too many teens
who can't go into the bars flock to Deep Ellum.
He organizes a street team to steer them away from the neighborhood.
Deep Ellum is an entertainment district that's for adults.
We find out a lot about some of these kids.
Some of these kids are homeless.
Some of these kids, you know, just trying to look for fun.
Authorities arrested one man on a weapons charge,
but no shooting suspects have been located.
So we do not know the ages of shooters.
Earlier this week, it was announced uniformed
and undercover federal law enforcement officers
will now assist Dallas police with patrolling Deep Ellum.
How can you take not only my friend, but other lives?
I'm sorry.
Rose texted Benjamin as she was approaching Deep Ellum.
My friend was so sweet, she didn't deserve this man.
As friends, they shared cell phone locations.
Benjamin's location still stuck where she
was killed by one of those senseless shooters.
I just hope you get what you deserve.
I hope you get what you deserve.
Dallas Police Department has released the names of all four people
who were killed in Deep Ellum on Halloween.
All four of them are in their 20s.
Of course, no arrests have been made, as we just mentioned.
So if you have any information,
you can contact Dallas Police Department.
