🌱 Police Seek Rifle Shooters + Help Find Missing 3-Year-Old Girl

Get on up, Dallas! It's Thursday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on around Dallas today.

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First, today's weather:

Warm with some sun. High: 74 Low: 60.

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Here are the top 3 stories in and around Dallas today:

1. Police are seeking the public's help to find the suspects who fired dozens of shots at a Dallas home with assault rifles earlier this month. On the evening of Dec. 3, in the 7100 block of Dillon Drive, a woman was shot but survived after her home was blasted by 40 rounds from three assault rifles. The shooters and their silver sedan were in were caught on tape as the victim was asleep in her home. Anyone with information is asked to call Det. Perez at (214) 671-4735. (FOX 4 Dallas)
2. Texas Police are conducting a statewide search for a 3-year-old girl who was last seen at an apartment complex playground in San Antonio on Monday. Authorities don't yet know whether Lina Sardar Khil wandered away from the playground or if she was taken by someone, according to San Antonio Police Chief William McManus. An Amber Alert has been issued. (Dallas Patch)
3. The City of Dallas hopes its new deflection program will help address the growing issue of homeless panhandling in the city. Through the program, city marshals and crisis intervention case workers, instead of police officers, will take over enforcement and be ready to give panhandlers help with housing and even drug treatment rather than arrest. (CBS Dallas)

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Today in Dallas:

• Holiday At The Arboretum 2021 At The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden (5:00 PM)

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From my notebook:

• Planning a winter break outing to the Dallas Museum of Art? The museum's holiday week hours are 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Dec. 24, 26, and 28 through 31, and will be closed Dec. 25, 27, and Jan. 1. (Instagram)
• The Dallas Arboretum is looking for volunteer help for the Holiday at the Arboretum event on Dec. 26. (Instagram)
• The University of Texas at Dallas has announced the first day of spring classes will be postponed from Jan. 10, 2022, to Jan. 18, 2022. (Facebook)

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You're all caught up for today. I'll see you around!

— 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.