Deep Ellum families identify two victims as arrest questions remain

Families are now identifying some of those who did not make it home. WFAA names Quincy McCleary and a 21-year-old woman, Kanisea Scott, as two of the four people killed in the three shootings that interrupted celebrations in the Dallas neighborhood overnight into November 1. NBC 5 renders Scott’s first name as Kaniesa. That spelling difference remains unresolved; the accounts concern the same reported victim, not another death. Neither person has been publicly assigned to a particular shooting scene in the reporting available here.⁠47⁠18

The established toll remains four people killed and at least 15 injured. Police Chief Daniel Comeaux says several people were arrested and investigators are seeking additional suspects. But the arrests still lack the details that would explain responsibility: an exact total, names, charges and a complete account of each person’s connection to the shootings.⁠1⁠2

CBS Texas’s November 2 report quotes Comeaux describing several arrests and a continuing search. ABC News’s November 2 account describes one suspect in custody and at least one other being sought. Those custody descriptions have not been reconciled. They might reflect different reporting times or different categories of custody, but neither explanation has been established. Several arrests cannot be translated into several charged gunmen; one suspect in custody does not establish that only one person was arrested.⁠1⁠2

Nor is this evidence of a newly completed round of arrests. In our November 1 follow-up, aired at 20:28 UTC, we had already reported multiple people in custody, uncertain roles and a search for additional shooters. Comeaux’s account reinforces that multiple-arrest description without establishing when those arrests occurred or whether any happened after our previous report.

The distinction matters because an arrest count is not an explanation of three shootings. Until investigators identify whom they believe responsible for which acts, the public cannot tell how much of the case police consider resolved—or how much of the danger remains unaccounted for.

Police also have not established whether the shootings were connected. Comeaux’s assessment is preliminary, not a finding that the incidents definitively had nothing to do with one another.⁠2

The preliminary police chronology places the shootings on Elm, Main and South Crowdus streets. These are the same three reported scenes, not newly discovered incidents. Their approximate times span 75 minutes, correcting the earlier description that the shootings unfolded within minutes.⁠2

Some earlier location descriptions remain unexplained. CBS Texas initially described a convenience-store parking lot around midnight and gunfire near Commerce and South Crowdus streets; NBC 5 earlier reported a later call on South Ervay Street. The preliminary police list provides the current chronology but does not explain how every earlier description fits it. Those descriptions cannot be counted as extra shootings or used to enlarge the casualty total.⁠22⁠18⁠2

The human toll at each street is also incomplete. An earlier Dallas Morning News account described three deaths at one location, one at another, and no deaths but at least six wounded at a third. It did not reliably map that breakdown to all three streets or distribute all 15 injuries. The initial report of five people shot during an apparent parking-lot altercation likewise did not establish each person’s outcome.⁠19⁠22

ABC News, citing reporting by its affiliate WFAA, says police sources described a man allegedly threatening to “start shooting” at a location where at least three people were killed. That preliminary account does not identify the man, connect him to an arrest or establish a motive shared across the three scenes. Proximity is not proof of coordination, a common shooter or a common cause.⁠2

Our first November 1 report gave five injuries. Our follow-up that day corrected that figure to 15, separate from the four deaths. The November 1 police statement, reproduced by National Dossier, states: “Among the 19 victims, four were pronounced deceased and 15 were injured.” That is 19 victims altogether—not 19 injured in addition to those killed.⁠46

The correction does not establish that ten people were newly discovered after our first broadcast. The statement’s precise publication time and any subsequent update time have not been established. Current reporting describes at least 15 injured, and Comeaux says the count could rise because some wounded people took themselves to nearby hospitals. Their present medical conditions and eventual outcomes are not established.⁠2

The family identifications bring two people into focus, but they do not complete the victim list. There is no verified age for McCleary in these accounts, no complete roster of the four people killed and no reconciled accounting that places each death and injury at a scene.⁠47⁠18⁠19

Comeaux is asking people to share potentially useful footage, including recordings they believe show little. “We need all the videos you have. If you have anything, even if you don't think it may show anything, you never know,” he said. The request reflects an investigation still trying to reconstruct what happened at each scene.⁠1

For neighborhood workers, the violence also threatens to define a night that began very differently. Burrito Bandits owner Carlton Scott described costumes, a busy evening and a good atmosphere before the shootings. He and other workers expressed frustration with Deep Ellum’s reputation. Their accounts describe people celebrating and working before the gunfire, not evidence that patrons or the neighborhood itself caused it.⁠1

City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert says officers were on the ground and responded immediately, and promises further information as the investigation continues. Mayor Eric L. Johnson has called for continued work on strategies to keep Deep Ellum a safe gathering place. Comeaux has emphasized education, awareness and officers engaging through the Neighborhood Police Officer program. Those commitments are a public response, not yet the missing explanation of who did what.⁠2⁠1

The Deep Ellum Foundation has announced listening sessions with Mayor Pro Tem Moreno at the Deep Ellum Community Center on Wednesday, November 4, at 6 p.m., and Friday, November 6, at 2 p.m., local time. The meetings offer a place for residents and workers to be heard; they are not a promised deadline for police disclosures. Families still await the more consequential answer: which arrested people, if any, will face charges for each of the three shootings.⁠1