Just two days after five police officers were shot and killed during a protest in downtown Dallas, the Dallas Police Department has locked down its headquarters after receiving what is being called a credible threat to kill police.
Not confirmed, but reports are saying a Houston group made threats to come to DPD headquarters and target officers.
— Claire Ballor (@claireballor) July 9, 2016
BREAKING: New threat, possibly from a group in Houston, at Dallas Police Dept HQ. Reports that shots fired and armed group approached HQ
— Dr. Yasmin (@DoctorYasmin) July 9, 2016
Note: As of 6:15 p.m. local time there has been no official confirmation of shots being fired (and apparently there haven’t been; see below).
Reports saying shots have been fired. Haven't heard anything from street but could be happening inside.
— Claire Ballor (@claireballor) July 9, 2016
Media asked to move away from side of @DallasPD hq to south entrance. Officer says they're searching garage. Shots NOT fired, just told.
— Robert Wilonsky (@RobertWilonsky) July 9, 2016
CBS DFW reports that police “received an anonymous message about a group coming from Houston with the intent to kill officers,” and that a person from the Houston group had been spotted in Dallas/Fort Worth.
Activity happening. Police running to back of DPD HQ pic.twitter.com/AO6FlPFR1X
— Claire Ballor (@claireballor) July 9, 2016
Officers are running around back of building with guns drawn
— Claire Ballor (@claireballor) July 9, 2016
BREAKING: Dallas police have guns drawn towards PD HQ parking garage but no word yet #KSATnews pic.twitter.com/N0DdZVQyiu
— Adrian Garcia (@adrianrolgarcia) July 9, 2016
This is the scene outside @DallasPD HQ right now, officers seen running into building after threat made @FOX4 pic.twitter.com/R9apgNL4xM
— Lynnanne Nguyen (@LynnanneFOX4) July 9, 2016
Reports of SWAT activity behind @DallasPD HQ. Police now pushing reporters way back. @wusa9 @wfaachannel8 #BREAKING pic.twitter.com/3FhuhwCM4n
— Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) July 9, 2016
Secured perimeter around the building is growing #DPDHQ pic.twitter.com/ACKJxr84Ic
— Claire Ballor (@claireballor) July 9, 2016
Lockdown in Dallas: SWAT Teams on scene near Dallas PD HQ. @BenHandelman is there: https://t.co/F5ARZDXlEU pic.twitter.com/NXuwcI0ddu
— FOX6 News (@fox6now) July 9, 2016
"If you leave, you will not be able to come back in" this is what officers are telling people here around perimeter #DPDHQ
— Claire Ballor (@claireballor) July 9, 2016
Dallas PD focused on parking garage behind DPD HQ. Reports of shots fired, but reporters on scene on side of building didn't hear any.
— FOX 4 NEWS (@FOX4) July 9, 2016
Reports of masked men here at #DPDHQ
— Claire Ballor (@claireballor) July 9, 2016
Search (Dallas) Dallas PD is reportedly searching for a person in a hoodie in the DPD parking garage. Lots of PD activity. NO shots fired.
— DFW Scanner (@DFWscanner) July 9, 2016
Update:
The police have asked the media to cut all live feeds from the scene as they reportedly sweep a parking garage near headquarters.
MEDIA: please stop all live feeds of DPD headquarters and the parking garage right now for the safety of our officers.
— Dallas Police Dept (@DallasPD) July 9, 2016
A man has begun shouting prayers outside #DPDHQ pic.twitter.com/LXP97thB82
— Claire Ballor (@claireballor) July 9, 2016
Update:
The police are giving some details. The gunshot that some say they heard was likely a controlled blast to open a locked gate. They’ve also clarified that the threat received earlier was unrelated to the parking garage sweep.
There has been media reports of shots fired at police HQ, there has been NO shots fired. SWAT set off a device to enter a locked fence.
— Dallas Police Dept (@DallasPD) July 9, 2016
Officers are searching the police parking garage for a suspicious person.
— Dallas Police Dept (@DallasPD) July 9, 2016
Officers are planning to breach a lock door in the garage with a shotgun.
— Dallas Police Dept (@DallasPD) July 9, 2016
Officers have completed manual search of the garage. No suspect found.
— Dallas Police Dept (@DallasPD) July 10, 2016
As a precautionary measure, K9 is conducting a secondary search.
— Dallas Police Dept (@DallasPD) July 10, 2016
Here’s a nice, one-tweet summary of this evening’s events.
UPDATE: @rlopezwfaa reports person of interest seen in locked @DallasPD garage, causing SWAT response, has gotten away.
— Jason Whitely (@JasonWhitely) July 10, 2016
Good news: it appears as though any threat has passed and everyone can exhale. In the meantime…
Despite all, the memorial keeps growing #DPDHQ pic.twitter.com/58MWnUpfqz
— Claire Ballor (@claireballor) July 9, 2016
Just because, here are a couple more photos from Dallas News reporter Claire Ballor taken just before police scrambled.
Beautiful moments still happening here pic.twitter.com/VHQ7h9qfzM
— Claire Ballor (@claireballor) July 9, 2016
This young boy and his mom stop to give and officer a rose and a hug pic.twitter.com/0NpISQms0t
— Claire Ballor (@claireballor) July 9, 2016
Twitchy will update this post as details emerge.
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