Dallas police investigating after 3 shot in downtown apartment building
DALLAS – Three people were shot in downtown Dallas Thursday afternoon, police said.
It happened before 12:30 p.m. in the 1800 block of Commerce Street, in the heart of downtown Dallas.
Two adults and one juvenile were shot on the eighth floor of an apartment building, sources said. One of them is a DISD student, sources said.
Fears of a possible active shooter spread inside and outside the building, which police quickly swarmed, blocking off streets and restricting access to The Continental.
Witnesses said at least one of the wounded walked through the building bleeding and pleading for help, as some people locked themselves inside their units.
"It wasn't like it what year in the movies, like an automatic weapon or anything. [It] was like pop pop pop pop pop," said Carollee Padilla, a tenant in the building. "I peaked my head out the door the man was walking towards me holding his gut in his hands saying, 'Help me, I've been shot.'"
That tenant said she was too afraid the shooter was nearby and closed her door.
All three victims were taken to the hospital for treatment, Dallas Police public information officer Tramese Jones said. All are expected to survive. Their relationship to each other is unknown.
Jones said there was no information as of Thursday night on a suspect. Sources said there was no active search because the crime scene investigators were still trying to piece the incident together. Sources also said the shooting was the result of a dispute and not a random attack.