Dallas shooting leaves 1 dead in Lake Highlands neighborhood
Dallas shooting leaves 1 dead in Lake Highlands
Dallas police are investigating a fatal shooting near a Lake Highlands Family Dollar after a driver was shot and crashed into a tree.
DALLAS - A driver is dead after being shot in the Lake Highlands area of Dallas.
Driver shot, crashes into tree in Lake Highlands
What we know:
The shooting happened just after noon on Monday near the intersection of Walnut Hill Lane and Plano Road, near a Family Dollar store.
Dallas police say someone fired at a driver near the intersection. The driver crashed into a tree and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The road at Walnut Hill Lane and Plano Road was blocked off for hours and the Family Dollar parking lot was also taped off for most of Labor Day.
Local perspective:
The store manager told FOX 4 that the victim was a customer who came in around noon, made a purchase, got into his vehicle and was then shot.
A white Camry had about a dozen bullet holes on the passenger side. Yellow evidence markers were scattered across the Family Dollar parking lot.
Blurry surveillance video shows an ambush in broad daylight Monday afternoon. At 12:20 p.m., a white SUV pulls into the Family Dollar parking lot. If you zoom in, a figure in dark clothing emerges and appears to open fire.
Others can see smoke and glass breaking as an employee at an auto shop ducks in the foreground.
The white Camry accelerates while shots are still being fired. A wider angle shows the Camry traveling across the parking lot, popping over a curb and crossing Walnut Hill Lane, where it crashed into a tree.
Seconds later, a dark-colored sedan pulls out of a parking spot and starts driving toward the auto shop. Meanwhile, the white SUV also backs out and takes off.
The video was handed over to Dallas police.
What they're saying:
Cole Hassell, who lives nearby, said he and his wife were coming home from a family Labor Day gathering when they arrived at a crime scene feet from their garage.
"She thought it was a wreck," Hassell said.
"It’s around our tree and our yard. Blocking off the street. Everybody is turning onto our street now to detour," he said.
"Crime happening outside your door is a little uneasy for everybody."
What we don't know:
Investigators are focused on figuring out why the driver of the white Camry was gunned down and by whom.
No motive has been released.
Dallas police said in their original press release that a suspect or suspects fired into a vehicle. It is still unclear how many people police are looking for.
No arrests have been announced.
The victim’s name will be released once the family is notified.
The Source: The information in this story was provided by the Dallas Police Department.