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Woman Arrested in Fatal Dallas Mall Cookie Stand Shooting

Authorities say the suspect turned herself in to face a murder charge after a heated domestic dispute at a cookie kiosk.

What happened at Red Bird Mall? Cookie shop owner killed in Dallas, Texas, shooting (Unsplash - representational image)
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The owner of a Dallas cookie store, Cookies n Smoothies, was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon, July 1, inside The Shops at RedBird, and a suspect has been arrested.

Overview

  • Rashonda Lowe, 43, surrendered to Arlington police on July 1 and is being held in Dallas County Jail on a murder charge in the death of 53-year-old Jaime Rokkett.
  • Police say Lowe and Rokkett, who had a restraining order against her, spoke for over an hour before an argument escalated into gunfire at the Cookies N Smoothies kiosk.
  • The Shops at RedBird briefly locked down and characterized the incident as an isolated act between known individuals rather than random violence.
  • Investigators are examining an arrest warrant affidavit that details Lowe’s assertion that Rokkett was her ex and the sequence of events leading to the shooting.
  • Mall management and local officials have expressed condolences to the victim’s family and pledged to review security protocols to reassure the community.