An investigation is underway in multiple cities after police in Rockwall shot and killed a kidnapping suspect on Thursday night.
The investigation started at about 6:30 p.m. Thursday when Fort Worth police were notified of a possible kidnapping. Officers responding to the call learned the kidnapping occurred outside of Fort Worth and they alerted the Rockwall police as it was believed the kidnapping suspect may be returning to his home on Rockwall's Summerhill Drive.
At about the same time, Dallas police were notified about a stabbing on the 2900 block of Dawson Street where police said 31-year-old Jonathan May punched and stabbed a woman inside of a vehicle. The woman tried to escape the car but was stabbed again before she was able to get out and run for help, police said.
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May, Dallas police said, got into the driver's seat and drove away with two children inside the car.
Rockwall was then notified by Dallas police that the man may be headed home with the children in the car and that he was involved in a reported stabbing in Dallas.
"When you know that someone has engaged in this sort of conduct this suspect had been engaged in there is concern for how any sort of confrontation with him, as far as arresting him, is going to go down so yes officers were on high Alert," Rockwall Police Department Lt. Aaron McGrew said.
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Rockwall police were waiting at the home on Summerhill Drive when they said May returned home, pulled out a gun and started shooting at them.
"I didn't register them as gunshots so I turned around and took a glance and all I see is a police officer shooting a gun," neighbor Miguel Vega said.
"He actively took part in a confrontation with our officers a deadly confrontation with a handgun so that is what caused the officers to respond in the manner they did and protect themselves from the threat that he posed," McGrew said.
Police said May was wounded in an exchange of gunfire with officers and was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced deceased. No police officers were injured in the gunfight.
"It's really rare for stuff like that to happen around here," Vega said. "So other than that I feel pretty safe."
Rockwall police said the children were unharmed and were located at a residence in another city. Dallas police said the children were reunited with the stabbing victim.
The police shooting is currently under investigation by the Texas Rangers.
