TX police working security detail fatally shoot man involved in striking a highway construction worker
Dallas TX Dec 7 2020 A man who fled from police after he hit a highway construction worker in Dallas was fatally shot by officers working an off-duty security job at the worksite, officials say.
The Jefferson and Seven Points officers had been working security at the off-duty construction area at Interstate 635 and Forest Lane in Dallas early Saturday when the suspect hit a construction worker with his vehicle, according to the Mesquite Police Department, which is investigating the shooting.
The suspect, a 30-year-old man, kept driving and the officers followed him down I-635. He stopped after his vehicle and an officer’s vehicle made contact near La Prada Drive and I-635, police said.
