Dallas Police Station is on a high alert after an anonymous threat earlier today.
Heavily armed SWAT officers and an armoured car were seen making their way to the headquarters on Saturday afternoon.
Multiple sources say Dallas SWAT deployed after a threat was made by a group from Houston that claims they are armed pic.twitter.com/W1J9j5cQco
— Rebecca Lopez (@rlopezwfaa) July 9, 2016
Several media organisations were live streaming from outside headquarters, before Dallas police tweeted asking them to stop “for the safety of our officers”.
MEDIA: please stop all live feeds of DPD headquarters and the parking garage right now for the safety of our officers.
— Dallas Police Depart (@DallasPD) July 9, 2016
According to the DPD’s Twitter, cops are searching for a suspicious person in the parking garage. Earlier reports of shots being fired and the headquarters being on lockdown are incorrect, with DPD taking to Twitter to clear up the misinformation.
Reports of HQ being on lockdown is incorrect.
— Dallas Police Depart (@DallasPD) July 9, 2016
Reports of shots fired at HQ police parking garage is incorrect. No shots fired at HQ.
— Dallas Police Depart (@DallasPD) July 9, 2016
Reporters putting out misinformation is making our jobs more difficult.
— Dallas Police Depart (@DallasPD) July 9, 2016
Reporters on the ground say that “something spooked cops”, and they rushed to push reporters further away from the garage.
Sudden movement, reporters being pushed further from garage. Noises from that direction, something certainly appears to be happening.
— Ali Watkins (@AliWatkins) July 9, 2016
Unclear what just happened but something spooked cops, they rushed towards reporters, pushed us further away.
— Ali Watkins (@AliWatkins) July 9, 2016
The latest from the DPD is that they are planning to breach a locked door in the garage with a shotgun.
Source: Twitter.
Photo: Gawker Live Feed / Screenshot.
