Dallas Shooter Found Dead Along With Another Person

Suspect shot a Dallas paramedic
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted May 1, 2017 1:40 PM CDT
Updated May 1, 2017 4:55 PM CDT
Dallas Paramedic Shot; Scene Remains Active
Dallas Police guard an area of a neighborhood where a shooting took place in east Dallas, Monday, May 1, 2017. Authorities said a Dallas paramedic has been shot while responding to a shooting call.   (AP Photo/LM Otero)

A man suspected of shooting and critically injuring a paramedic who was tending to a shooting victim on Monday has been found dead in a Dallas home, authorities said. Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said during a news conference that a police robot found two bodies in a home, including that of the suspected gunman, as authorities scoured a neighborhood east of downtown following the shooting. The mayor said the threat to the neighborhood is now over, the AP reports. Rawlings said the paramedic was out of surgery and in intensive care at a local hospital, but will "have to undergo expensive medical treatment." The mayor said the civilian whom the paramedic was trying to help when he was shot is also in intensive care. No other details about their conditions were released.

Emergency responders were treating the civilian around 11:30am in a neighborhood east of downtown when another person approached, opened fired, and critically injured the paramedic, according to a statement released early Monday by the city. The paramedic was rushed to Baylor University Medical Center, where he underwent surgery and was listed in critical but stable condition. Dozens of police vehicles swarmed the mostly residential area after the shooting was reported near a local Fire Training Academy. Several people from a nearby neighborhood and some relatives of people who live in the barricaded area gathered at a nearby gas station to await updates from police. The Dallas Police Association tweeted earlier Monday that officers responding to an active shooter were "pinned down" by gunfire. (More shooting stories.)

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