Posted on 08/29/2024 11:24:29 PM PDT by Spktyr
Live stream coverage from one of the hospitals at this time:
Forgot to mention - this is Dallas, Texas.
Must have been "some kind of" criminal that did it.
Regards,
The good news, such as it is, is that the ‘some kind’ of criminal is now ‘some kind’ of dead. :D
To be fair, at the time the article was published, the only information was that it was an “officer needs assistance” with no other details available. I think they were just qualifying their statements a wee bit too much there, though.
I know that area quite well. Prayers up for the officers and their families.
Used to be called gunfights in Texas.
Further reporting this morning is leaning towards this being an initial ambush, followed by a possible second ambush that turned into a firefight.
Prayers up for them and their families. Please pray for them.
Lee Harvey Oswald lived at times in a rooming-house in Oak Cliff. Prayers for the police, especially in this situation.
A little confusion. Oak Cliff is South Dallas where it appears the officers were shot. Lewisville is just north of Dallas. I assume the perp was in a chase and got shot and killed up there. News at 11.
More here, FWIW, updated an hour ago...
8 hours later and still no additional info on what happened or on the dead perp.
I thought oak cliff had undergone some gentrification
I had a friend bought there in 83 really cheep
It was the bright shining city of the future in my youth 60 years ago
Where the west began
Well that’s really Fort Worth
Just ask em lol
My daughter and husband just moved to west Oak Cliff. Mostly Hispanics.
Oak Cliff is where I started selling encyclopedias after leaving the army, it was dangerous in in the early/mid 70s but the easiest sales area I ever had, I didn’t allow any of my girl sales crew there but it was great for me.
Kyrie eleison.
It has been nearly four decades since my last visit to the Metroplex but I do remember I-35 and Loop 12.
Also prayers up for the officers who performed a righteous shoot.
The reporter must have been a student of Tim “Bad Grammar” Walz.
It definitely has, but the criminals have mobility - so they can go anywhere and show up whenever. This isn’t actually new at all, just more common than it used to be. Witness the failed University Park carjacking of a Maserati two years ago, where one of the victims shot/shot at several of the crew.
Thing is, there’s never been such a thing as a truly safe neighborhood. It’s always an illusion.
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