Man shot in head before car wreck on I-30, Dallas investigators say

The Brief

  • Two people were injured in a single-car crash in Old East Dallas late Saturday night following an earlier shootout.
  • The driver told police she was rushing a man to the hospital for a gunshot wound to the head when she lost control of the vehicle.
  • The location of the initial shooting and the current condition of the victims remain unknown as the investigation continues.

DALLAS Dallas police are investigating a late-night shooting and car crash in Old East Dallas that left two people injured, authorities said.

Old East Dallas shooting, crash

What we know:

Officers responded to reports of a single-vehicle wreck near Interstate 30 and Winslow Avenue shortly before midnight Saturday. Upon arrival, investigators found a man and a woman inside the crashed vehicle with injuries.

According to preliminary reports, the woman told officers the man had been involved in a shootout at a separate, undisclosed location before the crash. She told investigators the man had been shot in the head, and she was trying to drive him to a nearby hospital when she lost control of the vehicle.

What we don’t know:

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