Dallas police shoot armed suspect at Pleasant Grove motel
DALLAS - Dallas police say a man shot at officers at a motel in Pleasant Grove, and those officers fired back.
The shooter was injured and taken to a hospital in critical condition.
It all started as a call about stolen items.
Details remain vague. We don't know much about the full nature of the call that officers responded to or the man they shot.
Dallas police officers were involved in a shootout at the Red Crown Inn off CF Hawn Freeway Wednesday morning.
Kendra Fobbs says she was staying two doors down from the room where the shooting happened. At first, she says she heard what sounded like Dallas police officers banging on a door while identifying themselves.
"I walked outside to see what was going on. And by the time I walked outside, I heard gunshots," she said. "And it scared me to the point I ran around the building and took cover."
Dallas PD says officers were initially called to the motel about a theft. A source tells FOX 4 it was stolen tools.
"They located a male suspect inside one of the rooms here at the motel," said Kristin Lowman with Dallas police.
The department says the suspect fired at officers.
"Officers returned fire. They did hit the suspect," Lowman said.
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"Happened to turn around, run off to the front of the building, and that’s all I knew. That’s all I heard. Took cover," Fobbs said.
Fobbs says she’s been living at the motel for about six months. She says some people live there long-term. She believes the girlfriend of the man who was shot lives there, but the man comes and goes.
Fobbs has all sorts of questions.
"Why? What happened? What’s going on, type of things, you know?" she said.
The man’s name has not been released.
No officers were injured.