1 Officer Killed, 2 Others Wounded In Overnight Dallas Shootout [VIDEOS]

A somber mood enveloped the Dallas Police Department following a violent encounter that left one officer dead and two others injured in the Oak Cliff neighborhood on Thursday night.

The incident precipitated a high-speed chase that ended with the suspect’s death in the suburb of Lewisville.

The ordeal began around 10 p.m. when the Dallas Police Department received a distress call concerning an officer in his marked patrol vehicle near the Oak Cliff Community Center on Ledbetter Road near Marsalis Avenue.

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Responding officers discovered their colleague had been shot. As they engaged with the suspect, gunfire erupted, resulting in two additional officers being wounded, one critically.

According to Fox 4 Dallas, home security footage captured the sound of a dozen gunshots at 10:12 p.m., and neighbors reported hearing “a flurry of gunfire.” The suspect subsequently fled the scene, leading law enforcement on a high-speed pursuit that stretched from Dallas to Lewisville along Interstate 35.

Kristin Lowman, the Dallas PD Director of Communications, detailed the sequence of events during a press conference on Friday morning. “The preliminary investigation is showing that when that suspect exited the vehicle, he had a long gun,” Lowman explained. “Dallas police officers then shot at the suspect, and he died at the scene.”

All three officers involved were rushed to local hospitals. The Dallas Police Department later confirmed the death of one officer, with another listed in critical condition. The third officer is expected to recover from his injuries. The fallen officer, whose identity was not immediately released, was honored by a police honor guard outside Methodist Dallas Medical Center and later with a procession to the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office.

“Our department is hurting. We have officers who are injured, who are in the hospital, and we lost one of our own,” Lowman stated, echoing the grief felt across the department. “We ask tonight, and this morning, for the thoughts and prayers of our city for not only those who are recovering in the hospital but for the fallen, for their family, and their loved ones, and for us as a department as well.”

“Our department is hurting.”

This night has turned into tragedy for @DallasPD — it has been officially confirmed that a DPD officer was killed in a shooting in Oak Cliff, two other officers were wounded. @NBCDFW @LauraHarrisNBC5

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— Alanna Quillen (@AlannaNBC5) August 30, 2024

The suspect, whose name and motive have yet to be disclosed, led officers on a high-speed chase that was captured on TxDOT cameras.

The chase continued until it reached Lewisville, where the suspect was confronted and fatally shot by police. Following the incident, I-35E northbound near Business 121 remained closed until about 7 a.m. the next day to facilitate an ongoing police investigation.

In the wake of the violence, Chief Eddie Garcia took to social media to express the profound loss felt by the department, posting an image of a police badge with a black bar across it and captioning it, “No words.”

No words. @DallasPD pic.twitter.com/OvlRKJp2d4

— Eddie Garcia (@DPDChiefGarcia) August 30, 2024

The Texas Rangers have taken charge of investigating the officer-involved shooting of the suspected assailant.

This tragic event marks another grim statistic, as the slain Dallas officer becomes the 36th law enforcement officer shot and killed this year, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page.

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