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Dallas Police Arrest Suspect For DART Bus Stop Murder

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DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Dallas police have arrested a man for murder at a DART bus stop pavilion on September 17 on Lake June Road.

Police say 19-year-old Melvin Larry Donnell, Jr, was arrested for the murder of 17-year-old Robert Terron Burrell.

After talking to witnesses, police got word the suspect went by the nickname, "Roosta" and after checking Gang Unit files, they found "Roosta" was Melvin Donnell.

Two witnesses say they saw Donnell pull out a gun.  One of them walked across the street in fear.  Another witnesses told police they witnessed an argument between the two and the suspect shooting Burrell.

Bond is set at $500,000.

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