A man was arrested Friday morning in Southlake, Texas, for allegedly driving down the wrong road, hitting vehicles and firing a rifle at several people, including a police officer.
Southlake Police officers responded to a call about a wrong-way driver from the 600 block of West Southlake Boulevard around 9:30 a.m. Friday.
The driver struck multiple vehicles while traveling eastbound before crashing in the 1400 block of East Southlake Boulevard, police said in a press release.
As an officer approached the accident scene, the suspect pulled a rifle from his vehicle and began firing toward the officer and another driver.
The officer exchanged fire with the wrong-way driver but neither he, the suspect, or the other driver were injured.
Officers, as well as other officers at the scene, managed to take the suspect into custody, where he will remain until Sunday.
Surveillance footage from a nearby business showed people running away from the scene of the shooting. A man can be heard shouting: “He’s got a gun!”
A press release from Southlake Police identified the wrong-way driver as 19-year-old Sean Wallace Jordan of Colleyville, Texas.
He is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, serious attack Against any public servant, and resisting arrest, search or transportation.
Online records show Jordan is being held in the Tarrant County Jail on $271,500 bond. It was not immediately clear whether he had hired a lawyer who could speak on his behalf.
Southlake, Texas is located in the Forth Worth-Dallas area.
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