Suspect dies after firing at officers and crashing vehicle in Dallas, police say
DALLAS – A suspect in a vehicle with a stolen license plate died after backing into a police unit, leading officers on a chase, and crashing at a Dallas intersection on Friday.
Police said the suspect, who was not immediately identified, was taken to the hospital and died from what authorities later said was an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The suspect's identity was not immediately released.
According to the Dallas Police Department, the suspect died after the chain of events started just before 1 p.m., when undercover police officers observed the vehicle at 2900 W. Camp Wisdom Road.
During a news conference, interim Dallas Police Chief Michel Igo said uniformed officers were called to the scene and attempted to make a traffic stop. The suspect backed the vehicle into an unoccupied marked squad car and fled.
While those officers did not pursue the vehicle, Igo said a police helicopter kept track of the suspect vehicle. Along the way, it intentionally crashed into another vehicle. The suspect fired shots at officers in pursuing vehicles, grazing the side of one of the units, before crashing at Metropolitan Avenue and 2nd Avenue.
Igo said a passenger in the vehicle exited but was quickly apprehended. The driver remained inside the vehicle with injuries, Igo said.
No officers were injured, and no officers used their weapons, police said.
More information will be released when it becomes available, according to Dallas police.
