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Dallas Woman Charged With Murder After Parking-Lot Shooting Stemming From 'Thank You' Dispute

Police cite video evidence alongside a recorded admission as the basis for the murder charge.

Overview

  • Cecilia Simpson, 41, was shot multiple times outside a PetSmart at Wheatland Towne Crossing and was pronounced dead at Methodist Central Hospital.
  • An arrest affidavit says the confrontation began when Simpson held a door at Five Below and grew into repeated arguments that moved into PetSmart and then the parking lot.
  • Witness accounts and the affidavit state a fight broke out, after which Keona Zachyua Hampton, 22, produced a black and silver handgun and fired three shots.
  • Surveillance and cellphone video showed the shooter leaving in a black Ford Five Hundred, which investigators used to locate Hampton and arrest her the same day.
  • During a recorded interview, Hampton admitted to the fight and to firing the weapon; she was booked into the Dallas County Jail with no bond initially listed as the investigation continues and detectives request tips.