Friday, June 10, 2011

Bus Riders Gawk As Murder/Suicide Unfolds


"DALLAS, TXDART bus riders standing at a bus stop witnessed a horrific scene Friday on the streets of Dallas.

"They told police that a woman jumped out of a moving car along Illinois and South Cockrell Hill. Then, a man with a gun jumped out of the car behind her, grabbed her and shot her to death. The car was in gear and rolled down the street. The man then ran away into a nearby neighborhood.

"Dallas police started getting calls around 7:15 a.m. about the shooting.

"A second caller reported a man, fitting the same description from the shooting, carjacked him. Officers located the car on Tato Drive.

"The man allegedly ran into his home in the 5200 block of Tato Drive.

"As officers approached the resident where the car was located, they said they heard a gun shot inside the home.

"SWAT was called in to assist.

"Several hours later the man was discovered inside the home dead. Police said he killed himself.

"Lt. David Pughes with Dallas police says the couple had been in the car arguing when the woman tried to get away. They were married, but separated.


From WFAA.com...

1 comment:

  1. I was tempted to call them "straphangers" but I think that's reserved for subway riders.

    I don't know. I've never been one for mass transit of any kind.

    FWIW, it's still impossible to save intersections on Google Maps. I continue to use my work-around.

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