SOUTHLAKE, Texas — Shots were fired after a crash near a Southlake shopping center Friday morning where hundreds of people were lined up for a turkey giveaway, police said.
One suspect, later identified as Sean Jordon, 19, of Colleyville, was arrested on a complaint of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and no injuries were reported, according to an update from the Southlake Department of Public Safety. Officials say more charges may be pending.
The incident, which happened in the area of Southlake Boulevard and Carroll Avenue, was a reported wrong-way driver crash that "escalated to an altercation which escalated into shots being fired," officials said.
The Southlake Department of Public Safety said they responded to reports of a wrong-way driver in the 600 block of W. Southlake Boulevard near Carroll Avenue around 9:30 a.m. The driver hit multiple cars before crashing in the 1400 block of E. Southlake Boulevard, officials say.
Officials posted on social media around 9:45 a.m. that the incident had spread to the area of the Central Market, which is located on the southeast side of the intersection of Southlake Boulevard and Carroll Avenue.
As the first officer arrived, officials say the driver pulled out a rifle and began firing shots toward another driver and officer.
Surveillance footage from Markham Fine Jewelers captured the chaotic scene as the shooting occurred:
WFAA chopper footage showed a heavy police presence on the scene and a vehicle that appeared to be damaged from the crash.
Officials were asking people to avoid the area.
A witness, John Maxwell, described pulling up to the scene on Southlake Boulevard and seeing the crashed vehicle before hearing gunshot in an interview with WFAA's Scoop Jefferson.
“I’m sitting there and I start hearing – it’s like they always say, you think it’s fireworks and you look in your rearview mirror and you’re like, ‘Oh my gosh, people are scattering, those were gunshots.’ It was probably – it was at least 10 gunshots,” Maxwell said. “I was glad to hear that nobody died, because it was a lot of gunshots.”
A manager at Markham Fine Jewelers said a bullet hit the store's reinforced glass window, but no one was injured.
WFAA received video of a person being taken into custody by several officers in the middle of a road.
This is a developing story. We'll update this story as additional information becomes available.