Woman hit by gunfire after argument spills out of Uptown Dallas bar
DALLAS - Dallas police are looking for suspects involved in a shooting early Tuesday morning outside an Uptown bar.
Police say an innocent bystander was injured by the gunfire as she was heading home from work. A coworker of the victim says she will be ok and is currently recovering at the hospital.
Police have not released a suspect description. As of now, they are still at large.
Uptown residents were woken up by several gunshots around 2 a.m. Tuesday
The gunfire damaged Holly Dear’s salon.
"I came in this morning and two windows were shattered and one had a bullet hole through it," she said. "I was shaking for sure and kind of in shock a little bit, worried about if anyone was hurt."
Dallas police say a fight started at Harris House of Heroes Bar and then spilled out of the bar into the street where the shooting happened.
A woman who was just getting off work was injured when bullets struck her car. Police rushed her to the hospital in a squad car.
Tuesday morning, Dallas police detectives combed the area for evidence and surveillance video that might lead to those involved.
A manager at Harris House of Heroes confirmed the injured woman is one of their employees who was caught in the middle of the gunfire. She was injured in her chest but is expected to be okay.
Residents and business owners in the area say unruly crowds have become a problem.
"Definitely the last 6-12 months," said Uptown resident Chris Shurtleff. "Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. It doesn’t matter the day of the week, it gets very loud."
Dallas police say they’ve responded to 50 calls in the 3300 block of McKinney Avenue since the start of the year. Most of them have been noise complaints.
"They have been causing a lot of ruckus in the neighborhood for the past year and a half," Dear said. "It’s just the patrons, not necessarily the business owner. But they get kind of rowdy and debauchery kind of just follows."
Police have not said if they were able to recover any surveillance images of possible suspects.