Dallas Love Field shooting: One hospitalised after officer-involved incident at Texas airport
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Your support makes all the difference.One man was shot at Dallas Love Field Airport after a police officer reportedly responded to a domestic incident outside of the baggage claim area.
A Dallas Police spokesperson confirmed to reporters that the suspect was a black male who allegedly attacked a woman with a rock found at the scene. Police described the man as the father of the female victim's child or children, but could not confirm whether they arrived at the airport together.
According to police, after an officer responded to the disturbance, the man allegedly rushed him while holding the rock, resulting in multiple shots fired. The number times the man was struck by bullets is undetermined.
Present at the scene was a car with smashed windows, surrounded by large rocks, and luggage resting outside the vehicle.
Eyewitnesses say that a man failed to comply with officers’ orders before they opened fire on him.
Video captured by Bryan Armstrong begins just at least nine shots shots are heard. Authorities can be heard yelling “Stay down” as a woman screams and a man repeats “Oh my god.”
The suspect was taken to the hospital after being shot by the officer. He was reported as "conscious" at the time he was transported, but his condition is unknown.
Despite earlier reports, the police spokesman said that the airport itself was not put on lockdown. Frightened bystanders ran past the TSA screening area, he said, prompting the security agency to re-screen everybody in the terminal. The baggage claim area was still close pending police investigation.
A spokesperson for Dallas Love Field was not immediately available for comment.
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