The victim of the fatal shooting outside a Dallas strip club on Saturday, June 25, has been identified as Shalanda Anderson, a 32-year-old mother of three.
Anderson was shot outside XTC Cabaret Dallas, the city’s largest strip club, at around 5 a.m. after allegedly driving her car into a security guard, as reported by the Dallas Police Department and the club.
According to both the police and the club, a 26-year-old female security guard shot Anderson, and another guard also fired at her, but missed.
The club’s account, reported by WFAA, states that Anderson drove her car into a group of security guards, pinning the 26-year-old between her car and another vehicle.
Surveillance footage released by the club shows a black car driving towards a group of people and striking at least one person.
The guard then drew her gun and fired at Anderson inside the vehicle to prevent further harm to others, as stated by XTC.
The injured guard sustained “multiple broken bones” and requires surgery, the club added.
Nevertheless, XTC Cabaret Dallas extended condolences to Anderson’s family and offered to cover funeral expenses.
“We would like to express our deepest condolences to the families involved,” the club said in a statement, according to WFAA. “Club management has reached out to the family of the individual who died and offered to pay for her funeral.”
However, Anderson’s family and friends dispute the club’s version of events.
A friend of the victim stated that Anderson and her group were asked to leave the club following an argument over change she was owed after settling her tab.
The friend mentioned that the group was escorted out by security and “were being pushed on as they were leaving” before the shots were fired.
“At this time we are crying out for her 3 children that been left behind due to senseless gun violence,” the friend, Kaye Kaye, wrote on a GoFundMe page to raise money for the deceased’s children.
The Dallas Police Department is currently investigating the incident.
Watch a video from the scene of the shooting below.
This is the video released by XTC Cabaret, where they say, Shalonda was behind the wheel of this car. @wfaa pic.twitter.com/EKIWPTsJuV
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