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Suspect arrested for murder in West Texas nearly a year after Dallas traffic light shooting

Updated on: August 21, 2024 / 9:36 PM CDT / CBS Texas

CBS News Texas

NORTH TEXAS – Nearly a year after a man was fatally shot at a traffic light on Composite Drive at Walnut Hill Lane in northwest Dallas, authorities have arrested a suspect in West Texas and charged him with murder.

Sean Alford

Sean Alford, 25, was apprehended Tuesday in Sweetwater, more than 200 miles from where 31-year-old Nycholas Shields was gunned down on Sept. 9, 2023.

Alford was taken into custody by members of the Sweetwater Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Task Force.

Police say the suspect walked up to the vehicle, shot Shields, and then fled west on Walnut Hill in a vehicle.

Doug Myers

Doug Myers is a digital content producer for CBS Texas. A longtime journalist, Doug has worked for four newspapers in Texas and Louisiana and for three television stations in Texas. He has also spent time as a digital content manager for a national trade association and as communications director for a state agency.