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<\/p>\nDALLAS – The Dallas police chief will give an update and release body camera video of a shooting earlier this week that injured three people, including an officer and a grandmother who claims she was trying to protect her grandson while he was having a mental episode.<\/p>\n
You\u2019ll be able to watch that news conference live in the player above at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n
Dallas Police Shooting <\/p>\n
The backstory:<\/p>\n
On Monday night, Dallas officers responded to a call at Mill House Apartments on Woodhollow Drive in the city\u2019s Red Bird neighborhood.<\/p>\n
Police said 18-year-old Tony Robinson had threatened people with a gun and was barricaded inside a bathroom. Robinson\u2019s grandmother was also in the bathroom when police arrived.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tracey Thornton said her grandson was suicidal and had been arguing with his father. Family members called the police once they realized he had a gun, but they don\u2019t allow firearms in the home.<\/p>\n
“He was just mad at the world for no reason,” Thornton told FOX 4’s David Sentendrey. “Earlier in the day he just kept saying I want to die, I want to die, I don\u2019t care if I live, I don\u2019t care if I live.”<\/p>\n
Police said there was an exchange of gunfire, and an officer was struck in their bulletproof vest. That officer is okay.<\/p>\n
Robinson was hit. He is still recovering from his wounds in the hospital.<\/p>\n
Thornton was also shot and treated for minor injuries.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“I blocked him in the bathroom until the police came, and I told him he couldn\u2019t move until the police came and got that gun because we don\u2019t do guns in the house,” Tracey continued. “When my grandson fell on the floor, I stepped over him to walk to my room and shots rang out again, and I got hit again in the crossfire,”<\/p>\n
Police have not yet said who fired first, how many shots were fired, or if any de-escalation attempts were made.<\/p>\n
The Source: The information in this story comes from the Dallas Police Department, an interview with the suspect’s grandmother, and past news coverage.<\/p>\n
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