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| Police shoot man at Dallas Love Field airport after apparent domestic dispute | Police shoot man at Dallas Love Field airport after apparent domestic dispute |
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| A man was shot by police outside Dallas Love Field airport on Friday after threatening a woman and an officer during an apparent domestic dispute, police said. | |
| The man was taken to a local hospital in an unknown condition, Randall Blankenbaker, an assistant Dallas police chief, told reporters at a news conference at the airport. | The man was taken to a local hospital in an unknown condition, Randall Blankenbaker, an assistant Dallas police chief, told reporters at a news conference at the airport. |
| At around noon, Blankenbaker said, the suspect was throwing rocks and threatening a woman in a car parked at an exit near baggage claim at the airport, which is about six miles from downtown Dallas and far smaller than the region’s primary airport, Dallas-Fort Worth International. | |
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| After behaving aggressively towards an officer and failing to obey commands, the spokesman said, “the individual came toward [the officer] again and so he discharged his weapon a number of times”. | |
| Police said the suspect was the father of the woman’s children and that the rocks damaged the car. | |
| A witness, Bryan Armstrong, posted footage of the incident on Instagram. In the video, multiple gunshots, screams and cries of “get down, get down” and “stay down” are audible. | A witness, Bryan Armstrong, posted footage of the incident on Instagram. In the video, multiple gunshots, screams and cries of “get down, get down” and “stay down” are audible. |
| Television pictures showed long lines as passengers waited to re-enter security checkpoints. Blankenbaker said all passengers were having to be re-screened because when they heard the gunshots, some were startled and rushed through the screening area without being checked. | Television pictures showed long lines as passengers waited to re-enter security checkpoints. Blankenbaker said all passengers were having to be re-screened because when they heard the gunshots, some were startled and rushed through the screening area without being checked. |
| The airport said on Twitter that the incident had caused a three-hour delay in getting through security. | The airport said on Twitter that the incident had caused a three-hour delay in getting through security. |
| The shooting was the second violent incident near a Dallas airport in as many days. A 42-year-old man died after an apparent robbery and kidnapping that began on Thursday afternoon at a gas station close to the DFW airport rental car centre, WFAA reported. | The shooting was the second violent incident near a Dallas airport in as many days. A 42-year-old man died after an apparent robbery and kidnapping that began on Thursday afternoon at a gas station close to the DFW airport rental car centre, WFAA reported. |