A man was arrested Friday morning on suspicion of driving the wrong way on the road, crashing into a vehicle and firing a rifle at multiple people, including a police officer.
Southlake Police responded to a call about a wrong-way driver around 9:30 a.m. Friday from the 600 block of West Southlake Boulevard.
Sean Wallace Jordan's mugshot was superimposed on surveillance footage of the shootout. (Markham Fine Jewelers, Tarrant County Jail)
According to a police press release, the driver was traveling east when he struck multiple vehicles before crashing in the 1400 block of East Southlake Boulevard.
As officers approached the scene of the accident, the suspect retrieved a rifle from the vehicle and began firing shots at the officer and another driver.
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The police officer exchanged gunfire with the wrong-way driver, but neither the officer nor the suspect or the other driver were injured.
This officer and other officers at the scene managed to take the suspect into custody, where he remains in custody as of Sunday.
Surveillance footage from a nearby business showed people running from the scene of the shooting. I hear a man screaming. “He has a gun!”
Photo of Sean Wallace-Jordan of the Southlake Police Department. (Southlake Police Department)
In a Southlake Police Department press release, the wrong-way driver was identified as Sean Wallace Jordan, 19, of Colleyville, Texas. He is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated assault on a public servant, and resisting arrest, search or transportation.
Jordan is being held in the Tarrant County Jail on $271,500 bail, according to online records. It was not immediately clear whether he had retained a lawyer who could speak on his behalf.
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Southlake, Texas is located in the Forth Worth and Dallas areas.
