A lady visiting Dallas instructed the cops she was randomly ambushed by a homeless man. The incident itself was surprising however the alleged motive behind the ambush was much more startling.
The lady, who recognized herself as Kristin, instructed WFAA Information she was in Dallas on April 18 when the incident occurred. Contemplating she’s described to be an elite distance runner, Kristin set her eyes on the Katy Path which runs via the town alongside the previous Missouri-Kansas-Texas railroad.
Nonetheless, what was deliberate to be a easy morning jog to maintain the muscle tissues heat turned in a short time right into a nightmare.
Kristin tells the outlet round 8 a.m. she left the Adolphus Resort. Whereas ready on the gentle on the nook of North Akard Road and Pacific Avenue, she mentioned abruptly all the pieces “went darkish.” She opened her eyes moments later with a bloodied chin, bruised nostril and scratched elbows.
Kristin instantly went again to the resort to hunt help. The report says police responded to the scene and managed to drag video footage to assist her put the items collectively. They found a person was following her whereas her again was turned and randomly punched her within the face earlier than fleeing down the road.
The police later recognized the offender as 29-year-old Kevin DeWayne Simmons, a neighborhood unhoused particular person who’s allegedly a “identified offender.” Larry Gordon, the chief of public security for Downtown Dallas Inc., instructed WFAA he was concerned in a couple of assaults earlier than this one however nobody would prosecute him.
We don’t have all the main points of his prior run-ins with the legislation or why he allegedly has a sample of being violent. Nonetheless, this time, he gave police a motive behind the alleged assault.
“God instructed him to hit the girl,” Simmons mentioned, per an affidavit. Properly, that’s definitely a tough protection to show.
He was slapped with a misdemeanor of assault with bodily harm. Nonetheless, Kristin and her husband need extra motion to be taken.
“We have been shocked to study that the assailant is at present being charged with solely a Class A misdemeanor. The character of this assault — the pressure, the bodily disparity, the ingredient of shock, and the ensuing lack of consciousness — clearly warrants a felony-level cost underneath Texas Penal Code § 22.02 for Aggravated Assault. This incident might have killed her. And if the legislation permits unconsciousness to qualify as severe bodily harm, then justice should mirror the gravity of what occurred,” wrote Kristin’s husband in a letter, through WFAA.
Simmons is at present being held in Dallas County Jail on a $1,500 bond.