By Kimberly James; WBAP and KLIF News, Dallas, Texas.
DALLAS – (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police are reviewing their policy of not using “no knock warrants” after they say a capital murder suspect they tried to arrest last week had time to grab a dangerous and illegal conversion weapon, engage in a gunfight with law enforcement, and injure a senior officer.
Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia says officers with DPD and the U.S. Marshals Service announced their presence while trying to serve an arrest warrant on a capital murder suspect. Garcia says they believe that gave the suspect 3 minutes time to arm his weapon with a Glock switch, which “turns a gun into a machine gun”, or with automatic firing abilities.
In a gunfight, Senior Corporal Edgar Morales was shot in the leg, though is expected to recover. The issue is apparently giving the department pause, as Morales and others were at risk of being shot and killed with the weapon with, in this case, upgraded firing abilities.
The suspect, 21 year old Jordan Evans, was shot dead; two more people were inside that home as the gunfight raged on. Dallas Police did not report those two as injured.
“No knock warrants” have proven themselves as an apex public safety issue with police shootings of innocent people as they sought to grab weapons to protect themselves, perhaps not understanding it was law enforcement entering their homes or businesses. In this case, police use the example of the positive side of “no knock warrants” as crucial to avoiding escalated shootouts and injuries.
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