Police investigating officer-involved shooting early Wednesday in Far Northeast Dallas. (Naheed Rajwani / Staff photo )
Gregory McGee
This post has been updated.
A burglary suspect was arrested unharmed after Dallas police shot at him Wednesday during a foot chase.
Officers were called about 5:45 a.m. to investigate suspicious activity behind a dollar store at the corner of Audelia Road and Forest Lane.
Officer Michael Johnson noticed the back door of the store had been pried open and saw two suspects trying to flee, police said.
The officer then saw two men trying to flee. One jumped over a fence and remains at large. The other, identified as Gregory McGee, ran through the business toward the front door, which was locked.
McGee then hid behind the store counter and Johnson “gave several loud verbal commands for the suspect to show his hands,” police said.
When the suspect refused, the officer fired his weapon. Police did not say how many shots were fired. McGee was uninjured and was arrested, police said.
Johnson, an eight-year veteran, has been placed on leave pending an investigation. No officers were injured, police said.
Cotner said no weapon was recovered at the scene.
Charlie Song, who owns a dry cleaners in the shopping center, said there has been an uptick in criminal activity in the area in recent years.
“Last year, someone killed right there — daytime,” he said, pointing to the left.
He said he saw heavy police presence in the area shortly after 6 a.m. Wednesday morning. By 7, officers had taped off the parking lot, from the cleaners on one end of the shopping center to the Dollar Tree on the other end.
A silver Honda accord was parked inside the crime scene in front of the dollar store. Two people stood next to the car while police focused their investigation on the back alley and side of the shopping center.
“Here [is] very, very dangerous,” Song said, looking at the police cars parked in front of the cleaners. “Business down, down. When this happens, no customers come.”
