A 46-year-old man died after being stabbed Friday night in Far North Dallas, in an attack police say involved someone he knew. Corey Brown was rushed to a local hospital after officers found him suffering from stab wounds on the 8500 block of Midpark Road, but he did not survive his injuries.
According to FOX 4, Dallas police received a call for service around 8:15 p.m. Friday and dispatched officers to the Midpark Road address, where they discovered Brown wounded. Dallas Fire-Rescue crews transported him to a hospital, but he later died from his injuries, as reported by WFAA. Police say they believe they know who stabbed Brown, though they have not released any information identifying a suspect.
WFAA reported that police said the suspect was known to Brown before the attack. Police had not disclosed what led to the attack. As of Saturday, police said they were still working to determine the motive, per the same account.
Where the Stabbing Happened
The 8500 block of Midpark Road sits in the 75240 ZIP code of Far North Dallas. Cottonwood Park is a municipal facility run by the Dallas Park and Recreation Department. Hoodline's October 5 report described a recent fatal crash near Forest Lane and separately referred to a crash near the Midpark Road bridge over North Central Expressway as having occurred in May.
A Flattening Trend in Dallas Homicides
Brown's death comes at a moment when Dallas's years-long decline in homicides appears to have leveled off. Citywide homicides fell to 143 in 2025, a 10-year low and a drop of more than 100 killings from the 20-year peak of 256 recorded in 2020, according to Lab Report Dallas. But through late July 2026, the city had logged 79 homicides, almost identical to the 80 recorded over the same stretch in 2025, suggesting the multi-year decline has largely plateaued this year.
City officials have credited data-driven hot-spot policing for the earlier drop. The University of Texas at San Antonio spent five years helping the Dallas Police Department build out its micro-grid violent crime reduction strategy before that partnership concluded in August 2026. The department is expected to partner with the University of North Texas at Dallas and the University of Texas at Dallas to identify high-risk grids across the city; WFAA said the partnership was expected to begin in fall 2026 in its report on the department's Violent Crime Reduction Plan.
Those efforts have been paired with aggressive enforcement pushes. The U.S. Marshals Service North Texas Fugitive Task Force and Dallas police wrapped up Operation 10/90 in September 2026, an operation that resulted in more than 100 arrests of repeat violent offenders across the city, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
Dallas police are asking anyone with information about the stabbing to contact Detective Y. Perez, badge #10407, at 469-849-3757 or by email at [email protected]. The investigation remains open as detectives continue working to determine what led to the fatal encounter.
