{"id":463210,"date":"2025-12-22T00:03:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T00:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/463210\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T00:03:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T00:03:14","slug":"what-we-know-about-dallas-police-fatally-shooting-a-suspect-in-mesquite-on-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/463210\/","title":{"rendered":"What we know about Dallas police fatally shooting a suspect in Mesquite on Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday, Dallas police<\/a> officers fatally shot a murder <\/a>suspect in Mesquite<\/a>. Here\u2019s what we know so far.<\/p>\n

The Dallas Police Department posted on X at about 1 p.m. on Saturday that an \u201cofficer-involved shooting\u201d incident occurred near Town East Boulevard and the Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway.<\/p>\n

Traffic stop turned into an armed encounter<\/p>\n

The department said on the X post that officers were trying to make a traffic stop, which led to an armed confrontation. <\/p>\n

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PIO and commanders are en route to an officer-involved shooting near Town East Blvd and LBJ Freeway in Mesquite.
Officers involved are not injured. <\/p>\n

Preliminary info: Officers located a murder suspect and attempted a traffic stop, which led to an armed confrontation. The suspect\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/pgJKSMdkPs<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Dallas Police Dept (@DallasPD) December 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The suspect died following the encounter, according to the authorities. Police did not identify the suspect. <\/p>\n

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No police officers were injured in the incident.<\/p>\n

Traffic jam on Interstate 635 in Mesquite<\/p>\n

Traffic was delayed <\/a>on highways near Town East Mall in Mesquite<\/a> following the shooting incident Saturday afternoon. <\/p>\n

Texas Department of Transportation\u2019s traffic camera showed traffic building up on northbound lanes of Interstate 635, miles before the Town East exit. <\/p>\n

Mesquite police said the east service road of I-635 between Towne Centre and Town East will be closed for the duration of the investigation on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Started with homicide suspect chase<\/p>\n

On Saturday morning at about 10:15 a.m., Dallas police officers were dispatched to the 9000 block of Markville Drive, where they found a woman had been shot and the suspected shooter had fled the scene.<\/p>\n

Police said the woman was taken to a hospital, where she later died. Her identity was not released. <\/p>\n

The encounter<\/p>\n

Mesquite police officials said Dallas officers were conducting surveillance on the suspect, shortly before noon, when they initiated a \u201chigh-risk traffic stop\u201d on the east service road of Interstate 635.<\/p>\n

The suspect allegedly got out of their vehicle, armed, Dallas police said, and shots were fired. The suspect, who was not identified, died from the injuries. No officers were hurt in the incident. <\/p>\n