Dallas Officer Hurt in Shootout With Capital Murder Suspect Near Kessler Park: Police

Dallas police shot and killed an 18-year-old capital murder suspect in a shootout Wednesday afternoon at an apartment complex near Kessler Park that also wounded an officer.

The suspect, identified Thursday as Joey Fraire, was fatally wounded. The officer was shot in the foot and released from the hospital on Wednesday after being treated.

Dallas Police said Wednesday afternoon that officers attempting a "high-risk apprehension" were following a car that Fraire was believed to be riding in. The driver of that car pulled into the Bahama Glen apartments on the 2500 block of Bahama Drive at about 3 p.m. and parked. It was then that police ordered both men out of the vehicle.

Kristin Lowman, with the Dallas Police Department, said only the driver surrendered and that he was taken into custody without further incident. The passenger, meanwhile, refused to get out of the vehicle.

Lowman said the passenger also refused to follow any of the officer's commands and then began shooting. A Dallas officer returned fire, hitting him at least once.

While NBC 5's Texas Sky Ranger was overhead Wednesday afternoon, officers could be seen performing CPR on a man in the grass. That person was loaded onto a Dallas Fire-Rescue ambulance and taken to the hospital. A red sedan was also seen in the area with several bullet holes in the back glass and other windows blown out.

Lowman said a Dallas police officer was hospitalized after being shot in the foot and is expected to be OK. NBC 5's crews captured video of hospital staff leading a wounded officer into a Dallas Police squad car before being driven away.

Dallas Police confirmed the attempted arrest involved the high-risk apprehension of a capital murder suspect but they did not reveal any further information about who the man was or who he was suspected of killing. Lowman said the murder case was not a Dallas homicide case but was from North Texas.

Lowman said the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office has been notified of the shooting and is at the scene, per standard protocol, to conduct an investigation into the police shooting. The Office of Police Community Oversight was also notified.

The investigation into the shooting is ongoing.

JOEY FRAIRE WANTED FOR CAPITAL MURDER

According to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by NBC 5, Joey Fraire was one of five people wanted in connection with the murder of Ramon Lemus Zapata.

Ramon was fatally shot during a home robbery on Oct. 13, 2022.

According to the arrest document, police said four men who knew Ramon's son entered his family's home armed with guns and wearing hoodies, masks and gloves looking for marijuana and property.

Ramon's son was not home at the time, but his parents Ramon and Ofelia were asleep in their bedroom when they heard someone kick open the door of their apartment.

The four men robbed Ramon and his wife at gunpoint. Ofelia told the men to take what they wanted but begged that they not hurt them.

Three of the men left the home and Ofelia followed them outside. At the same time, Ramon grabbed a BB gun, described as a replica rifle, and went to his son's room where he encountered one of the armed men and was fatally shot.

According to the affidavit the fourth man, the one who is believed to have pulled the trigger and killed Ramon, ran past Ofelia on the stairs as he left the apartment.

Ofelia reported being shot at as the men left the area.

Farmers Branch Police issued multiple arrest warrants for capital murder for Fraire, Antoni Jose Arias, and Manuel Alexander Ramos.

Ramos was arrested on Jan. 13 and is being held at the Dallas County Jail accused of capital murder by terror threat/other. A bond amount was not listed and it's not clear if he's obtained an attorney.

Arias was arrested on Jan. 20 and is being held at the Dallas County Jail accused of capital murder by terror threat/other and held on bonds totaling $500,000. It's not clear if he's obtained an attorney.