A 66-year-old Texas man was recently shot and killed after trying to sell a cell phone on Facebook Marketplace, according to the Dallas Police Department.
Amaya Medrano, 19, was charged with capital murder, police said. Police announced his arrest in a press release on November 13.
According to Fox 4Ahmad al-Khalif was found dead at an Oak Cliff gas station on November 8. Officers found her body next to her pickup truck.
“On November 8, 2024, at approximately 3 p.m., Dallas Police responded to a shooting in the 300 block of South Marsalis Avenue,” police said in an announcement. “Preliminary investigations indicate that one person was shot.”
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Amaya Medrano has been charged in connection with the death of a 66-year-old man at a gas station in Texas this month. (FOX 4 Dallas)
“Dallas Fire Rescue transported the victim to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.”
According to FOX 4, Alkhalaf was trying to sell an iPhone 15 to a potential buyer he connected with through Facebook Marketplace.
Surveillance footage apparently shows al-Khalaf and the suspect having a brief conversation before he turns, shoots the 66-year-old and runs away.
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Ahmad al-Khalaf was found dead on November 8 at a gas station in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas. (FOX 4 Dallas)
The suspect was later determined to be Medrano based on his prominent facial and neck tattoos, according to police, who located the suspect days later when they found a stolen phone from the same Facebook account as Al-Khalaf had a conversation.
Court records obtained by FOX 4 show Medrano pleaded guilty to stabbing someone in 2023 and was serving a five-year probation sentence for that incident at the time of her arrest.
Medrano is currently being held in the Dallas County Jail. His bond has been set at $1 million.
Amaya Medrano, 19, was charged with murder in the incident. (Dallas County Jail via FOX 4)
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The Dallas Police Department is investigating the incident. Anyone with information about the case is asked to call 214-671-4095.
