Dallas Cheif of Police Eddie Garcia is expected to hold a news conference Monday to release updates about last week’s South Dallas shootout.
a man they say fired into a pickup truck Thursday afternoonGarcia said officers Derek Williams and Christopher Mazin were responding to a call at about 1:25 p.m. when they spotted a man shooting into a truck in front of a gas station along Scyene Road.
The officers got back into their cruiser and chased the man over to Second Avenue where he'd done a U-turn and was headed back toward the officers. Williams stopped the cruiser and the officers got out of the vehicle where they again exchanged gunfire with the man.Dallas Police DepartmentThe suspect in the shooting, later identified as 45-year-old Juan Vincente Zavala Lopez, was believed to be at a private residence in Lewisville.
Garcia said the victim of the shooting on Scyene, identified as Ruperto Mondragon Salgado, died at the scene. A woman who was also in the pickup truck was not injured. While the investigation is ongoing, Garcia said the shooting appeared to be a domestic situation and that Zavala Lopez and Salgado were roommates.
Zavala Lopez is also facing an immigration hold. Garcia said Monday that Zavala Lopez entered the country illegally and had been deported nine times before. Garcia said he's got priors and has spent 18 months in a Texas state prison and faced multiple charges in California.
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