MURDER AT THE PATIO BAR

Tragedy struck the Patio Bar, located near Sunset and Llewellyn, around 2:30 a.m. on Jan. 23. According to police reports, a fight broke out inside then moved to the parking lot. There, a man retrieved a gun from his late-‘90s green, four-door sedan, which witnesses say was possibly a Chevrolet Impala. He fired shots at a crowd of people, killing 29-yearold Ashley Wilson, who reportedly had not been involved in the brawl. This isn’t the first violent crime to occur at Patio Bar, also known as La Costena. In 2014, a 24-year-old woman was shot in the face and body, a 26-year-old man was shot in the leg and a 29-year-old man was shot in the stomach and knee on the premises, according to media reports. Patio Bar also has a history of liquor law violations. The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission canceled the nightclub’s liquor license this past summer and then police charged the club with selling alcohol without a permit; since then the club has been operating as a BYOB establishment. The Jan. 23 shooter, who police describe as a Latino male, approximately 25 to 30 years old, is still at large as of press time. If you have any information about the offense, call the Dallas police homicide unit at 214.671.3661. — Elizabeth Barbee

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block of Illinois Avenue. The approximate location of Spincycle Washateria.

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on Jan. 7, a man in a bright green shirt walks into Spincycle and heads straight for the gumball machine.

people in the surveillance video, released by police on Jan. 27, appear to care as the man carries the gumball machine out of the laundromat. They probably assumed he had permission to take it. He did not. The suspect has not been identified as of press time. If you have any information about the theft, call detective Monica Avila at 214.670.0550

SOURCE Dallas Police Department