Dallas Medical Examiner Office shooting leaves two dead and one injured

2 people were shot and killed inside the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office. Police & deputies were dispatched there for an active shooter call just before 5 P.M.

Update: Officials said two people are dead in a murder-suicide shooting Tuesday inside the building that houses the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office.

About 30 minutes later, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins told reporters outside the building that it appeared an armed person fatally shot someone before taking their own life.

At approximately 4:30 in the afternoon, officers from the police and the sheriff’s department were called to the second story of the building in response to a report of an active shooter.

Two people, one male and one female, had been found dead from gunshot wounds.

It is believed by the deputies of the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office that one of the victims worked at the Medical Examiner’s Office.

They claim that there is no suspect who is still at large, and preliminary evidence suggests that the perpetrator of the shooting was one of the individuals who was killed.

The building was cleared out completely.

Initial Report:

Shooting (Dallas) Dallas PD and County Sheriffs are on scene of a shooting in the 2300 block of Stemmons Freeway (I35E) near Market Center Blvd.

FOX3 received confirmation from a representative for the Dallas Police Department that officers were responding to a complaint about an active shooter inside the building. There was no further information that was made public.

As per scanner, at least two victims reported.

This is an ongoing situation.

As at the time of this report, there has been neither confirmation nor identification of any victims.

No suspects have been identified, and there has been no information immediately released regarding any arrests.

We will provide any new information that we have in connection with this occurrence.

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