The Brief
- A Dallas officer was assaulted during a traffic stop; he fired his weapon, wounding the suspect.
- The driver of the vehicle left the scene during the physical altercation and remains at large.
- Police have not yet released a description of the driver or vehicle, and the intersection remains closed for processing.
DALLAS – Dallas police are searching for a driver who left the scene of an officer-involved shooting early Sunday morning near the Dallas Country Club in Highland Park.
Officer and suspect hospitalized
The incident happened at the intersection of Mockingbird Lane and Preston Road after an officer tried to pull over a vehicle for driving without its headlights on.
According to investigators, a passenger got out of the vehicle and confronted the officer shortly after the stop.
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