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Dallas Shooting: Dallas ISD officer wounded in Sam's Club parking lot
FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth • • nation
Key Points:
- A Dallas ISD police officer, Justin Jones, was critically shot in the leg while assisting a person in crisis near Walmart and Sam’s Club in Northwest Dallas around 11 a.m. Thursday.
- Officer Jones, who has served for 16 years and is assigned to White High School, was taken to Parkland Hospital and is currently in surgery.
- The shooting occurred after Jones was flagged down and escorted the individual to a parking lot where the suspect opened fire as Jones was exiting his vehicle.
- A suspect has been taken into custody, but no further details about their identity have been released; the incident is unrelated to another nearby officer-involved shooting.
- Dallas ISD Police Chief Albert Martinez and Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux praised the officers' actions and asked the community to keep Officer Jones and his family in their prayers.
