R&B singer Jada Arnell Thomas is recovering after she was shot following a performance in downtown Dallas Saturday.
According to NBC 5, Jada Arnell Thomas was signing autographs on stage following a performance with The Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL) when a woman in the crowd shot her.
Thomas was rushed to a nearby hospital and was listed in stable condition,
“It was a packed house, people were in line getting autographs and we heard this shot,” said TBAAL’s founder and director Curtis King. “It was unreal. It was like everything was in slow motion.”
King said he and staff followed the shooter outside while they called 911 and officers arrested the woman inside the lobby of a nearby hotel.
“I went into a state of emotional rage where everything was a blur and blurring,” he recalled. “I went out the door and said, ‘Where did the lady go?’ And they pointed in the direction where she went. I saw her through the glass doors, and so I just started running after her.”
The Dallas Police Department confirmed officers arrested Micah Williams, 26, in the 200 block of S. Akard and a handgun was recovered.
Williams was booked into the Dallas County jail on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Her bond is set at $200,000, according to records.
King says once he saw Williams’ mug, he recognized her from more than a decade ago but is still waiting for investigators to release a motive.
King told Newsweek that he visited Thomas in the hospital Monday night after she allegedly had surgery.
“She’s progressing,” he said. “She’s resilient, she’s strong, and she’s a fighter.”
“She asked me, ‘Do you think I’ll sing again?’ I said, ‘Better than ever. You’re going to sing and you’re going to soar,’” King said of Thomas.