Heather Curtis and Maria Leaf
WASHINGTON — (WMAL) Panic at Dallas Love Field Airport as a man with a rock is shot by a police officer after refusing to drop it.
Dallas Police say the incident was a domestic dispute between a woman and the father of her children. They say he threatened to attack her with a rock and busted some of the windows in her car, which was parked near the baggage claim.
Then, a police officer stepped in and told the man to drop the rock, but he refused.
“A guy with dreads just had like a rock in his hand, walking toward police,” witness Bryan Armstrong said.
A video Armstrong shot on his cell phone shows people outside the airport scrambling and screaming as someone yells to get down.
Armstrong said police fired a few warning shots. “He dropped and then they told him to stop moving. He kept moving, then they shot him some more,” said the witness. A total of nine shots were fired.
The man was taken to the hospital. His condition has not been made public.
No children were injured. A number of passengers ran through security checkpoints during the chaos and had to be re-screened.
Flights are continuing as scheduled.
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(Video/Photo: Bryan Armstrong @Flashfilms_)
