Due to a dispatch error, Grand Prairie police went to the wrong home while responding to a 911 call and shot a man who wasn’t involved in the reported disturbance, according to a statement from the department.
Police say the man exited his garage, assumed an aggressive stance, and pointed a gun at officers before being shot.
Police misdirected, resident shot
Officers responded around 1:45 a.m. Friday to the 3000 block of Holly Hill Drive.
The error occurred when the 911 caller’s cellphone address was incorrectly auto-populated in the dispatch system, sending officers to a neighbor’s home instead of the caller’s…