Officer shoots man attacking woman with rock outside baggage claim at Dallas' Love Field, police say

KXAS-TV

DALLAS – A police officer shot a man Friday outside baggage claim at Dallas' Love Field Airport, a witness told CNN.

Assistant Dallas Police Chief Randall Blankenbaker said a man was using rocks to attack a woman in a car at Dallas Love Field on Friday afternoon when an officer responded to the incident.

Blankenbaker said the man rushed the officer. He says the officer was able to get away before he was rushed again by the man. Accoriding to investigators, the officer then fired his weapon at the man several times.

The man was taken to a local hospital, but that his condition wasn't immediately released.

Nine shots can be heard on a video of the incident posted to Instagram by Armstrong. A woman is crying in the background of the video as someone screams, "Get down!"


Dallas police told CNN they had no immediate information on the circumstances surrounding the shooting. 

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