On July 8, 2024, at about 5:45 a.m., Dallas police responded to an aggravated robbery at A&A Mart in the 300 block of S. Marsalis Avenue. The employee, 52-year-old Syed Inayath Ali, was shot in the neck by a woman who then took property and left the store. Ali was taken to a local hospital in critical condition.

Officers and coworkers tracked the suspect a few blocks away and apprehended 29-year-old Aleigha Horn in woods near the 1400 block of Seevers Avenue; a handgun was recovered from the top of a fence post. Horn was initially charged with Aggravated Robbery of Business. On July 15, 2024, the Dallas Police Homicide Unit was notified that Ali had died from his injuries and a new warrant for Capital Murder was issued for Horn, who remained held in the Dallas County Jail. Reports state Horn had prior violent charges and was out on a $10,000 bond at the time.

The robbery took place in Council Member Chad West’s District 1, just west of Downtown Dallas. If anyone witnessed the early-morning incident at A&A Mart or the chase that followed, please come forward with information.