Dallas Police Needs Help Locating Murder Suspect in Homicide at Southwell Road

On Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at approximately 12:15 a.m., Dallas Police responded to a shooting call in the 2400 block of Southwell Road.  The preliminary investigation determined officers found the victim, Javoski Javonte Dawson, 31, lying on the floor of a breezeway with a gunshot wound.  The victim was transported to a hospital, where he died from his injury. 

Days after the first response, the shooter was identified as 24-year-old, Jaedon Stallworth.

Stallworth is wanted on a Murder warrant for the April 2023 homicide of Javoski Dawson on Southwell Road.

The investigation has determined the night of the murder, Stallworth was involved in a fight with a woman at the scene.

The investigation determined the victim witnessed the argument, and the suspect and woman drove away from the apartments.

The woman walked back to the complex, and the victim offered the woman a phone to call 911.

The suspect returned to the complex in the vehicle.

Stallworth started arguing again with the woman, shooting the victim, then leaving the scene.  

Stallworth is described as being 5’11”, 165 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.  

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Abel Lopez #7493 of the Homicide Unit at 469-843-3665 or abel.lopez@dallaspolice.gov.