Dallas Love Field airport on lockdown following officer-involved shooting
One person was hospitalized after being shot by a police officer near the baggage claim of Dallas' Love Field airport on Friday, city officials and Dallas police sources confirmed.
The officer was responding to a domestic incident at the airport when the shooting occurred, a police spokesman said in a press conference on Friday.
Video of the shooting was uploaded to Instagram immediately following the incident. It had been viewed more than 10,000 times as of this article's publishing:
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A total of nine shots were fired by the officer, who appeared to be with airport security. He yells "stay down" after he finishes shooting. Bystanders' screams can be heard in the clip.
The airport is on lockdown, an airport spokesman told Fox 4. People are being kept away from the baggage area.
There are unconfirmed reports that the suspect was neutralized by police as he was assaulting a woman with rocks.
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/741329066435837955
DPD sources say the incident at Love Field started off as domestic violence situation. A man was assaulting a woman. Ofc intervened.
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#BREAKING: Video shows cop at @DallasLoveField fired at least four shots at a man who was throwing large rocks at a woman's car.
A man claiming to have witnessed the incident tweeted the following:
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/741329054901673984
Security or police approached. First guy grabs a stone, grapefruit sizes, and walks toward security telling him to shoot him #lovefield
Police were responding as the video was uploaded, and have offered no official confirmation yet as to what happened.
Dallas Love Field is about seven miles northwest of downtown Dallas.
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