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Police ID man found dead in Plano street
By Josh Hixson, Staff Writer
Police released the identity Tuesday afternoon of a 23-year-old Guatemalan man found dead in the road from a gunshot wound Sunday night at the intersection of East Park Boulevard and Peachtree Lane in Plano.
Selvin Nicolas Medrano Salazar was a resident of east Plano, according to Officer Rick McDonald, a spokesperson for the Plano Police Department.
Plano fire officials discovered Salazar at about 10:30 p.m. while on their way back from an unrelated emergency medical call, McDonald said.
Police do not believe the man committed suicide, because officials did not find a gun at the scene, McDonald said.
“We are looking for suspects,” McDonald said. “But we don’t have any heavy leads right now.”
Dr. William Rohr, Collin County Medical Examiner, declined to comment Tuesday on the nature of Salazar’s death.
James Wilt and Abbie Stone have lived at 3201 East Park Boulevard for 26 years and said this is the first time anything more than a traffic violation has occurred on their busy stretch of street.
“The police were so quiet,” Stone said. “Last night, for some reason, the noise was non-existent.”
Stone said she and her husband went outside to find a dozen police conducting a search on a roped off section of Peachtree Lane next to their home.
“It really shook everybody up,” Wilt said. “You don’t feel as emotional when it happens in downtown Dallas. It gives you more of a nervous shock when you feel that crime is moving up to your backdoor.”
Police are just as surprised by the death as residents are, McDonald said.
“This just doesn’t happen here,” McDonald said. “We all take it to heart. You try to make your city as safe as possible. But sometimes the criminal element will infiltrate through other means and do something as serious as this.”
Contact Josh Hixson at jhixson@acnpapers.com
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Plano Resident wrote on Jul 19, 2007 10:44 AM:
" I wish people would stop saying "things like this does not happen here", crime happens everywhere, even the most influential neighborhoods. Bad people comes in all races and backgrounds. The real focus should be catching the person who did this. "
Ex-Plano Resident wrote on Jul 22, 2007 12:58 PM:
" I agree with the resident who stsaed "I wish people would stop saying ""things like this does not happen here""
Crime knows no color, nationality, class, or preference. It is evil and it will occur wherever a person cooperates with the evil and rebellion. Perhaps this neighborhood where the crime happened should start thinking about a Neighborhood Watch program because it has now happened there. "
Longtime Plano Resident wrote on Jul 25, 2007 3:59 PM:
" FYI Ex-Plano Resident.....The area where the body was found does have a Neighborhood Watch Program. His body was dumped about 5 yards in front of the Neighborhood Watch Program Sign....Remember his body was dumped there and the actual crime did not happen there.... "
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