OfficerBlueDallas, TX – Armando Juarez was taken into custody after a pursuit which was captured on video (video below.)
Armando Luis Juarez, 29, was been identified as a “person of interest” in the shooting of two Dallas PD officers and a loss-prevention officer at a Home Depot on Tuesday.
A female Dallas police officer was shot in the face and is in critical condition, and a 27-year-old male officer was shot in the back of the head and will not survive his injuries, according to WFAA.
A “civilian” loss-prevention officer was also shot.
Multiple news outlets report that the male officer had died, but WFAA advises that the officer is mortally wounded and is only being kept alive until his mother can arrive at the hospital to say goodbye.
Dallas PD Chief Renee Hall refused the confirm the condition of any officers at a press conference Tuesday night.
The incident happened at the Home Depot in the 11,000 block of Forest Central Drive just before 4:30 p.m.
The loss-prevention officer called police for a shoplifting suspect at the store with a theft warrant. Two Dallas PD officers arrived and there was a confrontation where the Dallas PD officers and the loss-prevention officer were shot.
All three were transported to Presbyterian Hospital in extremely critical condition.
Armando Juarez was identified as the person of interest, and police said that he fled in a white work pickup truck.
You can see the video of the pursuit below: