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DALLAS – A Dallas singer was hospitalized after he was shot while signing autographs following a performance at the Black Academy of Arts and Letters, according to police.

Police responded to reports of a shooting on Saturday, Nov. 2 shortly before 6 p.m. at 600 S. Griffin St., near the Dallas Memorial Auditorium.

Officers discovered that 26-year-old Jada Thomas had been shot while on stage signing autographs after the show. She was taken to a nearby hospital and is in stable condition, police said.

The suspect, identified as 26-year-old Micah Williams, was arrested a few blocks away in the 200 block of Akard St. Williams, is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and was booked into the Dallas County Jail. A gun was recovered during her arrest, police said.

FOX 4 reporters at the scene noticed signs outside the theater indicating that Monday night’s performance had been canceled.

The motive for the shooting remains under investigation.