Two boys, ages 14 and 15, face capital murder charges after a shooting killed a Dallas teen couple on Michigan Avenue.
Here is what is known so far. The shooting killed Ledesma and Bello on Michigan Avenue on July 9, 2026. Dallas police arrested two boys in connection with the case. The boys are 14 and 15 years old. Both suspects face capital murder charges. Both are being held at the Henry Wade Juvenile Justice Center. The investigation by Dallas police continues.
The shooting happened in the 3400 block of Michigan Avenue. That is in South Dallas, Texas. It happened on Wednesday, July 9, 2026. The time was around 9:26 p.m. Dallas Fire-Rescue crews rushed to the scene. They gave medical care to both victims. Both teens died from their injuries.
The victims were Ulises Marcos Ledesma, 18, and Janelle Elizabeth Bello, 19. The two were dating, according to the report. Both were shot on the same street.
Dallas Police Department detectives investigated the shooting. They worked to find the people responsible. Detectives located two juvenile suspects. Both are boys. One is 14 years old. The other is 15 years old. Detectives arrested both boys. Police have not released their names because of their ages.
Detectives took both boys to the Henry Wade Juvenile Justice Center. That is the facility Dallas uses to hold youth suspects. Both boys now face capital murder charges.
Texas law treats young capital murder suspects differently than adults. If a jury convicts a juvenile of capital murder, the law requires a life sentence. That rule applies when prosecutors do not seek the death penalty. A life sentence means the person goes to prison for the rest of their life. Texas law also typically blocks parole for these inmates. They usually cannot ask for parole until they serve 40 calendar years behind bars. Parole means an early release from prison, under supervision, before a sentence ends.
Prosecutors could ask a judge to move either case out of juvenile court. That process is called a certification hearing. It falls under Texas Family Code section 54.02, a state law on juvenile cases. A judge would decide whether to send a case to adult criminal court instead. If a case moves to adult court, the suspect could be tried and sentenced as an adult. A certification hearing does not decide guilt or innocence. It only decides which court hears a case, juvenile or adult. Right now, no certification hearing has happened in either case.
The shooting remains under investigation by Dallas police. The department asked anyone with information about the case to contact its homicide unit. The report does not say how detectives found or identified the two suspects. It also does not name a motive for the shooting. The report includes no quotes from police, prosecutors, or family members.
Hoodline first published this story on July 18, 2026. The outlet updated the story again on July 20, 2026.
This case has no reported South Texas or Rio Grande Valley connection. El Tejano is covering it as national news.
Both suspects are under 16 years old. Both face the most serious murder charge in Texas law. The case will move through the juvenile court system unless prosecutors seek to move it to adult court.
