Residents of a Texas Border City Long Felt Overlooked. The Storm Made It Worse.
Del Rio residents, searching for fresh food and water, said that government aid has been sparse. “When they’re running for office is when we see them,” one man said of politicians.
Though last week’s snow has melted in the city center of Del Rio, Texas, many shelves remain empty.Credit.Christopher Lee for The New York Times
DEL RIO, Texas Surrounded by ranch land, towering mesquite trees and acres of thorny brush, the border city of Del Rio can feel like the definition of rural Texas. Residents said they have long felt alienated from the state’s power centers and bewildered by the shifting approaches to immigration by their elected leaders in Washington.
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A 45-year-old woman is dead after being shot inside a residence in the 300 block of South 10th Street in Killeen on Thursday night, police said.
Officers with the Killeen Police Department were sent to the residence around 9:15 p.m. Thursday in reference to a 911 call about a shooting victim, according to a news release from Killeen Police Department. Upon the officersâ arrival, they located a woman suffering from several gunshot wounds. Officers started to perform life saving measures until paramedics arrived.
The woman, Tonya Denise Dixon, succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced dead at 11:29 p.m. by Justice of the Peace Cliff Coleman at Baylor Scott & White Hospital in Temple. He ordered an autopsy to be performed at the Southwest Institute of Forensic Science in Dallas, according to the release.