Mexican man indicted on federal gun charge after Dallas ISD officer shot near Sam’s Club, prosecutors say

A 27-year-old Mexican man has been indicted on a federal firearms charge after authorities say he grabbed a Dallas ISD police officer’s gun and shot him in the leg during a struggle in August.

Jose Santiago Pantoja-Morales is charged with possession of a firearm by an undocumented immigrant, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas.

The officer, identified as 39-year-old Justin Jones, was shot and injured in the parking lot of a Sam’s Club in Northwest Dallas…

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