On July 5, 2023, at about 12:00 p.m. Dallas officers responding to a welfare check in the 1400 block of Peru Street found 50-year-old Walter Smith Jr. deceased from a gunshot wound inside his home. Investigators concluded Smith had been shot during the overnight hours before he was found.

A 15-year-old male was arrested and charged with manslaughter on July 18, 2023; because the suspect is a juvenile, his identity has not been released. Authorities have not disclosed the relationship between Smith and the suspect or the events that led to the shooting, and the circumstances remain under investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Brewster Billings at 214-671-3584 or [email protected] and reference case number 121710-2023. Does anyone in the area remember activity at the Peru Street residence around July 4–5 that could help investigators?