Dallas officers fatally shoot man armed with replica gun after attempted carjacking, robbery, chief says

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Dallas police fatally shot a man Monday after he brandished what turned out to be a replica handgun, Chief Eddie García said.

According to García, officers were called to the scene of an attempted carjacking by an armed man in Far North Dallas about 4 p.m. A police call log shows that that incident was reported in the 14000 block of Rolling Hills Lane.

After police arrived, there was a “confrontation” and the man pulled out a handgun before running away, the chief said.

Police set up a perimeter, and about 5:15 p.m. an armed robbery was reported at a CVS in the 13000 block of Coit Road, less than a mile south of the first incident. The robber matched the description of the man in the carjacking, García said.

The man fled when police arrived, running across Interstate 635, the chief said.

Three officers confronted the man, who pulled out a handgun again, García said. He did not identify the officers.

The three officers fired, and the man was struck at least once. He was taken to Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas and pronounced dead; his name has not been released.

A robbery at a grocery store shortly before the attempted carjacking may have involved the same man, García said.

García said the man’s weapon turned out to be a replica gun that “looked exactly like a revolver.”

No officers or bystanders were injured.

“We don’t want this tragedy for the individual,” García said. “It’s a tragedy for the officers who had to do this.”

Tonya McClary, director of the Office of Community Police Oversight, was present at García’s evening news conference.

Panchita Solares, 48, and her daughter, Victoria Solares, 27, were on their way to a workout before 5:30 p.m. and turning from Merit Drive onto the freeway when they saw multiple officers running through a parking garage.

They described a chaotic scene as officers ran between cars in rush-hour traffic across the freeway. Officers had their guns drawn as they perched on the side of the freeway when the two women saw police shoot a round down toward Interstate 635.

Panchita Solares said they did not see who police were shooting toward and did not hear police giving anyone commands.

“It was so close to everyone driving. I don’t know why they wouldn’t close it down … so that you didn’t put other people at risk,” Panchita Solares said.

Police initially called the shooting a “major incident” and said motorists should avoid the eastbound LBJ Freeway service road between Hillcrest and Coit roads.