More terrible news from Texas:
A group from Houston reportedly made threats against the Dallas Police Department, prompting a lockdown of police headquarters, sources told our sister station WFAA-TV.
The group allegedly threatened they were armed and were driving to Dallas to cause harm, sources told WFAA.
A SWAT team was deployed to Dallas Police headquarters, which was placed on lockdown shortly after 4 p.m. The department is on high alert.
UPDATE:
Phew!!
Officers have completed manual search of the garage. No suspect found.
— Dallas Police Depart (@DallasPD) July 10, 2016
Well that was a whole lotta nothin.
Officers are searching the police parking garage for a suspicious person.
— Dallas Police Depart (@DallasPD) July 9, 2016
Reporters putting out misinformation is making our jobs more difficult.
— Dallas Police Depart (@DallasPD) July 9, 2016
People are still visiting the memorial right outside the Police Department:
Despite all, the memorial keeps growing #DPDHQ pic.twitter.com/58MWnUpfqz
— Claire Ballor (@claireballor) July 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/mrkmully/status/751923127416827905
Reports of masked men here at #DPDHQ
— Claire Ballor (@claireballor) July 9, 2016
Uhmm… what?
https://twitter.com/BenHandelman/status/751917075346579456
They just told reporters to turn off live feeds
— St. John B. Smith (@stjbs) July 9, 2016
Scene escalated outside DPD headquarters. Officers running, guns drawn @CBSDFW pic.twitter.com/MroNoArHe6
— Jeff Paul (@Jeff_Journalist) July 9, 2016
SOURCES: One person spotted in DFW from Houston group that allegedly had intent to kill Dallas PD officers @CBSDFW pic.twitter.com/G9W7Jro95O
— Jeff Paul (@Jeff_Journalist) July 9, 2016
Officers on top of parking garage near DPD headquarters @CBSDFW pic.twitter.com/Yzb4PNvdhw
— Jeff Paul (@Jeff_Journalist) July 9, 2016
SWAT officers have guns drawn outside of DPD headquarters #dallas #abc13
— Kaitlin McCulley (@KaitlinMcCulley) July 9, 2016
That’s really odd.
On CNN reporters are saying that they will not say where police are in order to keep them safe – makes me think there’s a real threat there.
Photo from scene @DallasPD pic.twitter.com/AkeX2D4nW2
— St. John B. Smith (@stjbs) July 9, 2016
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
SWAT geared up. pic.twitter.com/P5FJNvFVpA
— Rebecca Lopez (@rlopezwfaa) July 9, 2016
DPD SWAT has been deployed to DPD headquarters after they received a threat which is being taken seriously. pic.twitter.com/IOynqf2MiG
— Rebecca Lopez (@rlopezwfaa) July 9, 2016
Another from about 20 minutes ago as police race to take cover in parking lot being station @HoustonChron #Dallas pic.twitter.com/7OIHEu0SFc
— Mark Mulligan (@mrkmully) July 9, 2016
SWAT Officers walking outside of #DPD headquarters, police snipers reportedly on roof of bldg #abc13 pic.twitter.com/mfvNXr4bgK
— Kaitlin McCulley (@KaitlinMcCulley) July 9, 2016
BREAKING: they were looking in pking garage. Yelled "get back!l" officers with rifles responding
— St. John B. Smith (@stjbs) July 9, 2016
SOURCES: DPD received anonymous message about a group coming from Houston with the intent to kill officers @CBSDFW pic.twitter.com/kZwz8TIKnU
— Jeff Paul (@Jeff_Journalist) July 9, 2016
Dallas PD received anonymous message about a group coming from Houston with the intent to kill officers. SWAT there but no lockdown
— Zora Suleman (@ZoraSuleman) July 9, 2016
DPD on lock down. Did a roll call of every officer. Received a serious threat from group out of Houston. Swat surrounding police bldg. What!
— WomenAreGamechangers (@wmngamechangers) July 9, 2016
Let’s hope and pray this is a false alarm, or that cops are able to utterly obliterate these scumbags without innocent lives being taken. Either one.
[An earlier version of this post accidentally identified the threat being made against Houston instead of Dallas. We regret the error.]