Wife Of DPD Officer Who Survived Shootout Relieved
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DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The wife of one of the police officers fired upon by James Boulware at Dallas Police Headquarters this weekend is still shaken from the incident.
"He was in the police car that everyone has seen the pictures of," said Jennifer Brown about her husband who dodged at least ten bullets.
Authorities said that Boulware planted pipe bombs outside of the police headquarters and fired at officers from an armored van.
Brown's husband James is a patrol officer. He was one of two officers on Lamar Street who drove up to Boulware's van before taking fire.
"Thankfully he got out of the car," said Brown.
Brown woke up Sunday morning and realized she hadn't heard from James.
"So when I woke up at 5:30 he wasn't home so I sent him a text message," she said before checking Facebook and seeing there was an attack on DPD headquarters. She panicked, wondering whether he had survived.
But then, thankfully she heard from him.
"When he answered the phone he said 'I'm okay. I've got a few scrapes and bruises… promise you won't watch the news' I said 'too late for that'," said Brown.
Crime scene tape still marks off an area along South Lamar Street, where the police headquarters is located. Many glass windows at the building are boarded up after being damaged by bullets.
Brown's husband was never able to return fire. He is one of 14 officers on administrative leave. Authorities are still investigating the incident. Weapons and ammunition recovered from the scene is still being processed and analyzed. It could be 12 weeks before the case is wrapped up.
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