Apartment Shooting + Prison Sentences + Affordable Housing News

Hello, neighbors! It's me again, Nicole Fallon-Peek, your host of the Dallas Daily.

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First, today's weather:

Clear throughout the day. High: 90 Low: 63.

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Here are the top stories in Dallas today:

1. Several men were shot Thursday afternoon at an apartment complex in the Design District, Dallas police said. One of the men died. Just before 3:30 p.m., officers got a call about a shooting at the Atlas Design District Apartments in the 1500 block of Inspiration Drive, near North Riverfront Boulevard and Interstate 35. (The Dallas Morning News)
2. A Dallas man who shot and injured two people in Dallas has been sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for a federal firearm offense, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah announced Friday. Quentin Alonso Cordova, 23, pleaded guilty in June to two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm. He was sentenced Tuesday to 210 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn. (NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)
3. A Dallas man, Gary Collin Bussel, has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas. (NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)
4. North Texas news outlets and universities have aligned to cover affordable housing in Dallas. (D Magazine)
5. Dallas' Del Shores Foundation is facilitating success for the next generation of southern LGBTQ writers by bringing together artists and working professionals, amplifying new work, and connecting artists to platforms for creation. (CW33 NewsFix)

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— Nicole Fallon-Peek

About me: Nicole Fallon-Peek is a journalist and copywriter with a degree in Media, Culture and Communication from New York University. She has served as a freelance reporter, managing editor, copy editor, and editorial director for a variety of B2B news outlets. She currently co-owns and operates content creation agency Lightning Media Partners.