15-year-old accused of killing mother at west Oak Cliff home, Dallas police say

A 15-year-old boy is accused of killing his mother Friday, Dallas police said.

Officers were called about 4:30 p.m. to a home on McLean Avenue in west Oak Cliff, where a 2-year-old girl had been dropped off at her great-grandparents’ home. The child’s great-grandparents did not know who dropped her off and said the girl was supposed to be with her grandmother.

Police went to the grandmother’s home, several miles away in the 4700 block of Lynnacre Drive, where they found 47-year-old Aime Salinas Alvarado dead from a single gunshot wound.

Detectives determined Salinas’ 15-year-old son was responsible for the slaying, police said, but they did not release additional information about how he was identified as a suspect.

According to police, the teen took his mother’s car and dropped off the toddler before going to a friend’s home. The 15-year-old, whose name was not released because of his age, confessed to the slaying, police said.

He was taken into juvenile custody and faces a charge of capital murder. It was unclear whether the teen has an attorney.

Police did not specify the relationship between the 15-year-old and the toddler.