{"id":486059,"date":"2026-01-02T02:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T02:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/486059\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T02:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T02:04:13","slug":"fewer-celebratory-gunfire-calls-reported-in-dallas-on-new-years-eve-this-year-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/486059\/","title":{"rendered":"Fewer celebratory gunfire calls reported in Dallas on New Year\u2019s Eve this year, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Dallas saw a drop in emergency calls about celebratory gunfire this New Year\u2019s Eve compared to the start of 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">DPD reported Thursday that it <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DallasPD\/status\/2006763371119739338\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DallasPD\/status\/2006763371119739338\">received 759 calls related to celebratory gunfire<\/a> \u2014 people firing guns into the air \u2014 and another 273 calls about fireworks. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">During a Wednesday news conference, police Chief Daniel Comeaux warned against random gunfire, fireworks and intoxicated driving, noting that the department responded to 865 calls related to celebratory gunfire last New Year\u2019s Eve.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">\u201cAlways know if a bullet goes up, it has to come down,\u201d Comeaux said, calling celebratory gunfire \u201cunnecessary\u201d and emphasizing that it is a crime.<\/p>\n<p>Crime in The News<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">Read the crime and public safety news your neighbors are talking about.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__8MgJa flex flex-wrap text-gray-dark secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-10 text-center justify-center\">By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/terms-of-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Unlawful discharging of a firearm is a Class A misdemeanor charge, with fines up to $4,000 and up to one year in jail. Illegal fireworks use can carry a fine of up to $2,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Dallas police didn\u2019t immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday about whether officers responded to any calls involving injuries from stray bullets or fireworks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Police have said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/crime\/2026\/01\/01\/four-people-were-hospitalized-after-a-new-years-day-shooting-outside-dallas-club\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/crime\/2026\/01\/01\/four-people-were-hospitalized-after-a-new-years-day-shooting-outside-dallas-club\/\">four people were injured early New Year\u2019s Day after a shooting<\/a> outside the Pink House Dallas strip club in northwest Dallas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Police have not yet released information about the victims or any arrests. The club, located near Empire Central and North Stemmons Freeway, had advertised New Year\u2019s Eve as its grand opening on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">In Fort Worth, no major injuries were reported after officers responded to 70 calls related to shots fired between 11 p.m. and 2 a.m., according to Fort Worth police Officer Daniel Segura.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dallas saw a drop in emergency calls about celebratory gunfire this New Year\u2019s Eve compared to the start&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":486060,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,4219,1596,14842,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-486059","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-dallas","11":"tag-dallas-police","12":"tag-texas","13":"tag-tx","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115823054959624672","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}