The shooting happened outside of a club near the Bishop Arts District.
DALLAS — Editor’s note: The video published above is a report from Saturday morning after the shooting initially took place. It will be updated after a new story airs.
Dallas police are investigating an shooting that happened outside of a club in the early hours of Aug. 20 where three people were injured.
The Dallas Police Department (DPD) said off-duty officers were working at 216 S. Llewellyn Ave., the 216 Lounge, when an argument ensued between a crowd of people in a parking lot across the street. Police said 31-year-old Cesar Hernandez had a negative interaction with 30-year-old Luke Guerra and 18-year-old Edward Hernandez, who were passengers inside of a dark colored GMC pickup.
The DPD said suspects inside the vehicle shot Cesar Hernandez in the stomach as they were driving away. Dallas police said officer Keenan Blair, who was one of the off-duty officers at the scene, saw this shooting happen from across the street and fired shots at the vehicle.
According to DPD, Cesar Hernandez was taken to the hospital and underwent surgery for his injuries.
Guerra and Edward Hernandez both arrived at a local hospital with injuries that were consistent with bullet fragments, grazing and glass shards, police said. They were treated, released from the hospital and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
An investigation into the shooting revealed that more than 20 rounds were fired from the truck as it left the parking lot and sped down Llewellyn Avenue firing back toward the crowd, DPD officials said.
A second vehicle, a black sedan, was also seen leaving the parking lot in the opposite direction, and a passenger from that vehicle fired five rounds into the air, police said.
Another security guard working at the club fired a shotgun into the air, claiming it was to disperse the crowd. Surveillance video shows the security guard shooting in the air and did not appear to strike anyone, DPD said.
DPD said neither officer had their body worn camera at their off-duty job.
On Monday, DPD sent out a department-wide memo regarding wearing body worn cameras while working off-duty jobs. The memo states that “effective immediately, personnel who are issued a body worn camera will be required to wear their assigned body worn camera at all approved off-duty assignments.”
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