A 30-year-old woman has been identified as the victim in a homicide that led to a fatal police shooting of the gunman near Town East Mall on Saturday.
Officers responded to reports of a shooting in the 9000 block of Markville Drive at 10:15 a.m. Saturday, where they found a woman, Nadia Swanson, with a gunshot wound.
The shooter had fled the scene.
Swanson was transported to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, where she died around 11:11 a.m., according to the Dallas County medical examiner.
Around 11:45 a.m., Dallas and Mesquite officers found a suspect, 32-year-old Gerald Frank Martin, in a vehicle near the 18500 block of North LBJ Freeway and conducted a felony traffic stop.
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Martin got out of the vehicle while armed, and shots were fired, according to a previous statement from Mesquite police. He died at the scene, according to police statements.
No officers were hurt during the incident. No further information about the incident was immediately available.