Dallas police officers shot and critically wounded a man who waved a gun at drivers and pointed the weapon at officers on Tuesday afternoon, the department said. The shooting occurred about 3:20 p.m. in the 11000 block of Joaquin Drive in northeast Dallas, after police arrived to investigate reports of the man waving his gun at motorists.

A man waving a gun at passersby is in critical condition after being shot by Dallas police officers Tuesday afternoon.

Officers responded to a shooting call around 11:45 p.m. Jan. 5 in the 5300 block of Botham Jean Blvd, Dallas police said in a press release. Investigators found a person was shot by an unknown suspect in a parked car, the release states.

Gabriel Bixby, 29, had served with the department since 2018 and was assigned to the Northeast Patrol Division.

The Dallas Police Department is mourning one of their own this morning. Officer Gabriel Bixby died in a motorcycle crash Tuesday in Hunt County.

A Dallas police officer was killed Tuesday in a crash in Hunt County. The department identified him as Officer Gabriel Bixby. They say he’d been with the department since 2018