In a tragic turn of events on a Tuesday evening in Dallas, Texas, 28-year-old Erick Artea Lerma lost his life in a violent confrontation. On March 31, 2026, police responded to a shooting at approximately 7:30 p.m. in the 4400 block of the Dallas Fort Worth Service Turnpike, near an Oak Cliff shopping center. Upon arrival, they discovered Lerma deceased inside a vehicle from multiple gunshot wounds.
The investigation swiftly led to the identification and arrest of a suspect, 32-year-old
Anthony Rios Rivera. According to an arrest warrant affidavit, the incident unfolded after Rivera, who had been searching for his wife, found her in a vehicle with Lerma in the shopping center's parking lot. In a fit of rage, Rivera allegedly rammed his vehicle into the car occupied by Lerma and his wife, causing a collision with other parked cars.
Following the crash, Rivera is said to have exited his vehicle, approached the car, and fired approximately 13 rounds from a. 40 caliber firearm into the driver's side, striking Lerma multiple times in the chest. After the shooting, Rivera's wife reportedly confronted him, at which point he took her keys and fled the scene in the vehicle she had driven there. Authorities later located and arrested Rivera at his home. During questioning, Rivera claimed he believed he saw Lerma with a gun, but investigators found no weapon at the scene or in Lerma's vehicle. Anthony Rios Rivera has been charged with murder and was booked into the Dallas County jail.
