Dallas Police Department officers responded to a call around 7 a.m. in the 8500 block of Park Lane. When they arrived, officers found suspect Isodoro Melo-Munoz, 37, on top of a woman, holding her at knife point. He stabbed the woman before fleeing the scene.
In a news conference, Assistant Chief of Police Terrence Rhodes said police ordered Melo-Munoz to drop the knife, and when he refused, officers shot at him. Melo-Munez then fled the scene; it was unclear if he was injured.
As of 10:45 a.m., police are still searching for Melo-Munoz. DPD is asking the public to immediately call 911 if they see the suspect, describing him as a Hispanic male who is about 5 feet, 5 inches tall and 140 pounds.
The woman who was stabbed was immediately taken to a hospital, but her condition is now stable.
According to a DPD post on X, no officers were injured in the shooting. The post did not specify whether Melo-Munoz was shot or injured.
This isn’t Melo-Munoz’s first run-in with the law.
According to Dallas County court records, Melo-Munoz was charged for driving while intoxicated in 2021. He served three days in jail after he was convicted in 2023.
While court records state Melo-Munoz was born in Mexico, he also has a Dallas address less than a mile from the scene of the stabbing.
There have been three officer-involved shootings in northern Dallas this week — two on Thursday morning, in addition to this Friday morning incident.
The first shooting took place around 9:20 a.m. on Thursday morning, where an officer fired his gun at an armed robbery suspect in Melshire Estates. DPD officials said the officer fired at a suspect after a 20-mile pursuit, where the suspect drove a stolen vehicle from Oak Cliff to northwest Dallas. No one was injured in the incident.
Ninety minutes later, police responded to a second incident when gunfire erupted at a Sam’s Club less than three miles away. A suspect, who has not been identified by DPD, shot Dallas Independent School District officer Justin Jones, 39, in the torso. According to DPD Chief Daniel Comeaux, Jones drove the man to the parking lot after he was spotted walking on the highway.
The suspect has since been taken into custody. Jones was rushed to Parkland hospital for emergency surgery. His condition is now listed as stable, according to the department.