DALLAS — Updated 8:40 a.m. Sept. 7 to include suspect's photo.
Dallas police say officers shot a 58-year-old man Friday who is suspected of killing a woman.
Officers responded to a call of a man reportedly shooting his girlfriend at an apartment in the 8900 block of Park Lane just after 10 a.m., police said.
When officers arrived, they found Nicole McChriston, 40, dead. Officials said she died of homicidal violence.
Based on a description of the suspect, officers located him in the victim's vehicle near Mesquite.
After a short chase, the vehicle crashed in the 500 block of Parkwood Trail and the suspect, identified as Jerry Ford was shot multiple times. Four officers were involved in the shooting.
Ford was transported to a local hospital, where police said his condition is unknown but he was stable.
No officers were injured in the incident, authorities said.
Mesquite police say when searching the crash scene, they found a large chrome-bladed hunting style knife by the car Ford was driving.
Police suspect Ford killed McChriston. He was previously accused of aggravated assault, on July 26, and released on a $25,000 bond.
Investigators said Ford will be charged with murder, a first degree felony.
The investigation is ongoing. The Dallas Police Department is investigating the homicide. Mesquite Police Department is leading the probe into the officer-involved shooting.
