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An individual, reportedly employed as a security guard for progressive Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, was fatally shot during a standoff with Dallas SWAT on Wednesday. The suspect was sought for allegedly masquerading as a police officer, according to various reports.
Authorities have yet to disclose the suspect’s identity. The standoff unfolded at around 11 p.m. in a parking garage of a children’s hospital. Officers from the Dallas Police Department’s fugitive unit located him while pursuing an active warrant, as detailed by FOX 4.
In an attempt to extract him, police released tear gas into the vehicle where he was barricaded. When the suspect emerged, he allegedly aimed a weapon at officers, leading them to respond with gunfire, explained Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux.
The man was reportedly wanted for impersonating a police officer, a claim he made while recruiting for his company that hired off-duty officers for security roles, according to CBS News.
Dallas police were engaged in a SWAT operation at Children’s Medical Center Dallas when the suspect was shot and killed. Sources informed FOX 4 Dallas that the man had been employed as a security guard for Rep. Jasmine Crockett. (FOX; Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)
“They came across a target that ended up being a barricaded suspect,” Comeaux said of the shooting, which took place at Children’s Medical Center Dallas.
“At that time, they tried to use tear gas to bring the suspect out. He came out of the vehicle, he had a gun, he pointed a gun toward officers. Officers shot and fired… He was pronounced dead at the scene,” Comeaux said.
Comeaux said the suspect displayed a firearm but did not fire it. No officers were injured.
Dallas SWAT officers respond outside Children’s Medical Center Dallas during a standoff in which a suspect was shot and killed after pointing a firearm at officers, police said. (FOX 4)
The suspect had worked as a security guard for the outspoken lawmaker, law enforcement sources told FOX 4.Â
CBS News Texas reported the suspect used several aliases, including “Mike King,” and had worked on Crockett’s security detail while she was in both Washington, D.C., and Texas, including during campaign events for her run in the Democratic Senate primary, which she eventually lost to candidate James Talarico.
Dallas police vehicles and officers are seen outside Children’s Medical Center Dallas following a SWAT standoff in which officers shot and killed a suspect, according to reports. (FOX 4)
The suspect oversaw teams of security officers at several downtown Dallas hotels and at his church, sources told CBS. The outlet also reported that the suspect drove a replica undercover law enforcement vehicle with license plates allegedly stolen from vehicles outside a military recruiting office.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Dallas Police Department and Crockett’s office for comment but did not immediately receive a response.