The first officers arrived two minutes after police were alerted to the gunman, Duncanville Assistant Police Chief Matthew Stogner said at a news conference. local time, when police received calls of an armed man and shots fired at the Duncanville Fieldhouse, a massive sports complex that regularly contains hundreds of campers and staff during summer camp sessions.
The gunman walked through several areas of the complex Across the country, there have been 267 mass shootings so far this year, according to the independent Gun Violence Archive. The assault in the Dallas suburb initially triggered fears of a new tragedy, coming weeks after a mass shooting at a school in Uvalde, Texas. Authorities are crediting the fast response by camp staff and police with preventing injuries to anyone else. Officers shot the attacker, who was later declared dead at a local hospital. No weapon was found on Moreno or in the truck, she said.ĭunn is the second Farmers Branch officer to be charged with murder in recent years.The Duncanville Fieldhouse was put on lockdown early Monday after a man with a gun started shooting inside the building, where kids were attending a summer day camp.Ī gunman opened fire inside a building where more than 250 kids and staff were starting a day of summer camp on Monday, setting off a panic that ended with a gunfight with police in Duncanville, Texas. Hale said the surveillance footage of the shooting was "difficult to watch" but "sometimes videos do not tell the entire story." A Dallas police spokeswoman said Dunn's body camera didn't capture the shooting but did start recording minutes after it. The internal investigation of Dunn's actions is ongoing and the Farmers Branch department is awaiting information from Dallas police, who conducted the criminal investigation of the shooting, Hale said. "Let us also be reminded that Farmers Branch police Officer Mike Dunn's life has been forever changed." "Our hearts go out to the Moreno family for their loss," Hale said. The officer is a military veteran and has worked for the Farmers Branch Police Department for nearly 13 years, Police Chief David Hale said.ĭuring a Thursday press conference, Hale said the shooting was a tragedy and that he hopes the judicial process brings closure. Wednesday and was released from the city jail about an hour later on a $150,000 bond, according to police records. His indictment is set to be formally released Friday.ĭallas County District Attorney John Creuzot said the indictment demonstrates that "the system can work quickly, fairly, and efficiently."ĭunn surrendered to police in Seagoville around 8:30 p.m. Farmers Branch police declined to identify his attorney and a spokeswoman for the Dallas County District Attorney's office said she does not know who represents the officer. "This sends a message that officers do not have the right to kill someone, that officers have to comply with the rule of law," said Quintanilla.ĭunn, who is on administrative leave, could not be immediately reached for comment.
Surveillance video appears to show Dunn firing into the driver's side of the truck as it makes a sweeping turn around his cruiser.Ĭarlos Quintanilla, who is acting as a spokesman for the Moreno family, commended the speedy indictment. Dunn followed the vehicle over the Dallas city line to a shopping center and opened fire as Moreno was pulling out of the parking lot, police said. On June 12, police in suburban Farmers Branch spotted a white pickup that had been reported stolen from the city of Irving. Farmers Branch Officer Michael Dunn, 43, turned himself in Wednesday night after a grand jury returned the unusually swift indictment in the killing of 35-year-old Juan Moreno, officials said Thursday.
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