Officer Tyler Morris was wounded Thursday after someone in a stolen vehicle opened fire about 12:45 a.m. in the 3200 block of Easter Avenue, officials said.
Chief Eddie García is expected to answer questions at a news conference about the Thursday incident.The Dallas Police Department plans to release body-camera footage Monday showing a shooting last week that wounded an officer as he followed a stolen vehicle in east Oak Cliff, officials said.after someone in the vehicle fired at an unmarked police car he and other officers were in about 12:45 a.m. in the 3200 block of Easter Avenue. No officers fired their weapons, police said.
Jaheart Nickelberry, 17, was arrested on charges of aggravated assault, evading arrest or detention in a motor vehicle, aggravated robbery and theft totaling between $30,000 to $150,000, police said. A 15-year-old girl faces a charge of evading arrest or detention. Her name was not released because of her age.Chief Eddie García is expected to answer reporters’ questions after showing the footage during a Monday afternoon news conference.
He thanked his “teammates,” paramedics and the doctors. He said family members took the news harder than he did, but he felt his father was his guardian angel who “took great care of me.” “My hip is broken, but stable,” Morris wrote. “There is not much feeling in my left leg currently, but the doctors think this should recover eventually. ... Please keep myself and family in your thoughts and prayers.”North Texas woman admits to shooting 80-year-old in Dallas, turns herself in, police say, Staff Writer. Kelli covers public safety and the Dallas Police Department for The Dallas Morning News.
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