Verdict in officer's shooting death, Southwest's big decision: Your Wednesday evening roundup

Also, the results are in on Dallas' spay-neuter surge to fight the loose dog crisis.  [Evening roundup]( [NEWS]( | [BUSINESS]( | [SPORTS]( | [HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS]( | [ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT]( | [FOOD]( | [THINGS TO DO]( | [OPINION]( 02/19/2020 By Mallorie Sullivan Good Evening! Here is a look at the top headlines of the day. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here.]( Brandon McCall leaves a courtroom following his guilty verdict announcement at the Collin County Courthouse in McKinney on Feb. 19. (Lynda M. Gonzalez / Staff Photographer) CRIME AND COURTS [Man guilty of capital murder in Richardson officer’s shooting death]( A 28-year-old man [was found guilty of capital murder Wednesday in the shooting death of a Richardson police officer.]( Jurors will decide next week if Brandon McCall should be executed for the crime. Both prosecutors and defense attorneys agreed McCall killed Richardson police Officer David Sherrard. In closing arguments, defense attorney Ed "Bubba" King argued that the crime was not capital murder. "Brandon McCall is solely responsible for the death of Rene Gamez and the death of David Sherrard. We make no bones about it," King said. "He didn’t have the specific intent to kill." Also: A person [was injured in a shooting early Wednesday]( in northwest Dallas, police say. And: A security guard [fatally shot a man who attacked him]( in west Oak Cliff, police say. ADVERTISEMENT  BUSINESS [Southwest Airlines’ ‘bet-the-company decision:' Should it stick with Boeing’s 737?]( Southwest Airlines’ looming decision on its commitment to Boeing’s 737 jet isn’t getting any easier. As nearly 700 of Boeing’s 737 Max planes sit idle, [the challenges to getting it back in the air keep piling up]( including software glitches, wiring harnesses and questions about pilot training requirements. Boeing estimates the plane won’t be certified to fly again until mid-2020. With another two or three months for pilots and maintenance, it will likely be at least 18 months since Southwest last had those planes available for peak travel seasons.  Also: Uber is [quietly hiring in Dallas]( for the launch of its new temporary staffing service.   And: Louis Vuitton [is building a bigger store]( at Dallas’ NorthPark Center.  ELECTIONS [Where does congressional candidate Kim Olson stand on guns? Rival suggests it’s hard to tell]( Gun control is among the most important issues to Democratic voters and in the waning days of the primary election, one candidate for Texas’ 24th Congressional District is accusing a top contender of telegraphing a mixed message. Data scientist John Biggan this week accused rival Kim Olson, a retired Air Force colonel, [of "saying one thing to one group and another to a different group for political gain."](  Also: Joe Biden on Wednesday [picked up an endorsement from impeachment manager Sylvia Garcia of Houston.](   Editorial: Still on the fence about the best candidates? [Our recommendations for the March 3 primaries can help.](  ADVERTISEMENT (Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer) PHOTO OF THE DAY By now you’ve seen, at least in pictures, the so-called Leaning Tower of Dallas, the internet-famous 11-story building adjacent to the Central Expressway. "It is at once a lopsided mess of concrete and a blank slate: project onto it whatever Dallas narrative you like," writes architecture critic Mark Lamster, who [says it should be saved - at least for a little while.]( EDITORS' PICKS - Cheaters beware: Dallas' trashiest TV series [is coming back.]( - Editorial: Dallas' [homeless strategy is at a crossroads]( with the resignation of the city's homeless director. - Curious Texas: Why is so much art [kept in storage in local museums?]( ADVERTISEMENT FINALLY... [3 years ago, Dallas launched a huge spay-neuter surge to fight the loose dog crisis. Now the results are in]( Metro columnist Sharon Grigsby writes: If you remember anything about the spay-neuter surge launched three years ago in neighborhoods overrun with dangerous loose dogs, it’s most likely the privately funded campaign’s audacious target -- to perform 46,000 free surgeries annually in southern Dallas. So how did they do? With the $16 million effort winding down, [I got the first chance to see the near-final numbers.]( 👋 That's all for this afternoon! For up-to-the-minute news and analysis, check out [DallasNews.com](. Share the love! If you like this newsletter, please forward this email to a friend and [check out our other newsletters here](. Do you have feedback? Send your thoughts, questions, praise and corrections to [newsletter-feedback@dallasnews.com](mailto:newsletter-feedback@dallasnews.com?subject=). STAY CONNECTED WITH US [Unsubscribe]( | [Free newsletters]( | [Dallasnews.com]( | [Subscriber login]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Contact us]( Copyright 2020 - [The Dallas Morning News, 1954 Commerce Street, Dallas, TX 75201, United States](