DPD: Police Pursuit of Stolen U-Haul Ends In Shootout

Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia said a suspect was shot and taken into custody with “non-life-threatening injuries” after shooting at an officer involved in a pursuit of a U-Haul truck that’d been reported stolen in northwest Dallas near Love Field. No officers were injured.

Police say they were surveilling the U-Haul parked in the 9600 block of El Centro Drive around 11 a.m. July 25 when the suspect, later identified as Ryan Taylor, 41, got into it, backed into a covert police vehicle, drove off onto the Dallas North Tollway, crashed into several vehicles in the northbound lanes in the 7200 block of Lemmon Avenue, went over the center median, and hit a tree on the west side of Lemmon Avenue.

Taylor got out of the truck after the crash, ran toward the hangar, turned, and fired at an officer, later identified as Kennan Craven, who was pursuing the suspect along with other officers. Craven returned fire and hit Taylor in the leg, police said.

Craven and other officers took Taylor into custody inside the building and Dallas Fire Rescue responded and took Taylor to a local hospital for treatment, authorities said.

Taylor is expected to be charged on complaints of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated assault on a public servant, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, and evading arrest in a vehicle.

UPDATE July 28: Police say Taylor’s handgun as recovered from the scene, which was reported stolen; no other officers fired their weapons during this incident, no officers were injured, and there were no serious injuries to those involved in crashes during the incident.

UPDATE Aug. 8: Taylor was booked into the Dallas County Jail on complaints of aggravated assault against a public servant and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, jail records show.