A man who opened fire on Dallas Police Wednesday morning died in a shootout with police officers, the department says.
Dallas Police said officers were called at about 5:35 a.m. to reports of an armed person along the 10300 block of Shiloh Road near Ruth Ann Drive in the Casa View neighborhood.
Three officers arrived a short time later and reported seeing a man, identified by police as 64-year-old Darrell Hibbard, armed with a handgun.
In a statement that accompanied the release of a bodycam video on Thursday, police said Hibbard walked toward officer Brandy Walling's patrol car as she repeatedly ordered him to put down his gun. Police said Walling gave at least 30 verbal commands before Hibbard pointed his gun in her direction.
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It was then that Hibbard and police exchanged gunfire. Police said he was struck several times in the shooting and that afterward officers attempted to provide him with medical assistance. Hibbard was later taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead at 7:10 a.m.
No officers were injured in the exchange of gunfire, the department said.
Police have not said how many shots were fired by the man or by police officers but they did confirm that all three officers fired their weapons and that Hibbard fired several shots toward the officers.
From Texas Sky Ranger, there appeared to be at least one bullet hole visible in the windshield of a Dallas police car, near the top-center of the windshield. Police said Thursday that two patrol cars were hit by gunfire. Investigators were also seen placing more than a dozen evidence markers on the ground between the police car and a pickup truck.
The department's Explosive Ordinance Squad searched Hibbard's home after detectives were told there may have been explosive devices inside. A search of the home was conducted, and no devices were found.
Dallas Police said Thursday that investigators found several loaded rifles stacked on the porch of a nearby home.
The investigation into the shooting is ongoing. The Dallas Country District Attorney’s Office and Office of Community Police Oversight have been notified.
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