The Dallas Police Department on Monday released video of last week’s shooting in a liquor store parking lot that led to a rolling shootout through South...
The officers pull into a neighboring shop’s lot and drive toward two trucks parked in front of the liquor store. Zavala Lopez exchanged gunfire with Williams and Mazin before driving away in his truck. In the other truck was 60-year-old Ruperto Mondragon Salgado, who died at the scene.
Williams and Mazin chase Zavala Lopez for about a mile, toward the intersection of South Second Avenue and Elsie Faye Heggins Street. Zavala Lopez pulled a U-turn and drove toward Williams and Mazin while the two officers stopped in the middle of Second Avenue.When Zavala Lopez’s truck was parallel with the officers’ patrol car, the video shows Zavala Lopez taking both hands off the steering wheel, leveling a gun toward the officers and opening fire. Williams cries out that he’s hit.
The incident marked the ninth shooting this year involving a Dallas police officer, García said. Officers were fired on first in all but two of those shootings, he added. García added he was “incredibly proud” of Williams and Mazin, who he said “faced evil and did not back down.”. Michael D. Williams is a reporter covering breaking news for The Dallas Morning News. A native of Florida, he grew up in Pensacola and graduated from the University of Central Florida in 2018. Before joining The News in 2021, he reported in Orlando, Albany, N.Y., and San Francisco.
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