An attempted carjacking rattled nerves at a crowded shopping center on the edge of the Park Cities Friday night.
It was just before 6:30 that witnesses dining in Odelay near the Dallas North Tollway and Lovers Lane say several shots rang out.
“Six, eight, maybe 10. It was not one or two. It was a number of them,” said Thomas Gleason. “Immediately, everyone just started to scatter like they would in a gunshot situation.”
Gleason, who has a permit to carry, said he pulled his gun as others fled towards the kitchen or dove under dining tables.
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Outside, Dallas Police say three suspects attempted to carjack a man witnesses say had just left the restaurant.
Witnesses say another person, who police haven’t identified, shot one suspect.
That person was transported to a local hospital. The other two fled.
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No one else was injured.
Gleason said he never had to fire his weapon.
Late Friday, many customers couldn’t return to their cars as Odelay’s parking lot became a crime scene and police continued to search for evidence in an investigation that they say remains ongoing.
