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Man, 57, with history of ‘extreme violence’, shoots and injures two officers when Dallas police responded to a call – hours later SWAT find shooter and his wife dead inside their home

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3c3434"><strong>A man with a violent criminal history killed his wife before calling 911 and reporting the murder and then opened fire on police when they responded<&sol;strong> <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3c3434"><strong>Two officers were shot and wounded in a Texas home while responding to a call hours before two other people were found inside&comma; dead in a murder-suicide<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3c3434"><strong>Sergio Sanchez&comma; 57&comma; called 911 Thursday morning and said he killed his wife at their home on the 5300 block of Bonita Avenue in Dallas<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3c3434"><strong>Sanchez and his wife&comma; Lachelle Sanchez&comma; 32&comma; were both found dead Thursday from apparent gunshot wounds when SWAT officers entered the home around 1&colon;30 pm<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3c3434"><strong>Cops with the Dallas Police Department responded to the home just after 11am&comma; but officers officers were immediately met with gunfire and two officers were struck<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3c3434"><strong>Video footage shows firefighters carrying a limping officer to an ambulance<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3c3434"><strong>The officers both sustained non-life threatening injuries were transported to a local hospital in stable condition and expected to make full recoveries<&sol;strong>&period;<strong>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;02&sol;Cops-at-Dallas-home-where-two-other-cops-were-shot-responding-to-an-emergency-call-5&period;jpg" alt&equals;"This image has an empty alt attribute&semi; its file name is Cops-at-Dallas-home-where-two-other-cops-were-shot-responding-to-an-emergency-call-5&period;jpg"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Ring footage shows the officers shot after responding to a 911 call in Dallas on Thursday&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Two officers have been shot and wounded in a Texas&nbsp&semi;home responding to a call on Thursday&period; Officers with the Dallas Police Department responded to the home&nbsp&semi;shortly after 11am after a 911 call reported a shooting had occurred&comma; according to&nbsp&semi;<a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nbcdfw&period;com&sol;news&sol;local&sol;2-dallas-officers-shot-in-old-east-dallas-police&sol;2556461&sol;">KXAS-TV<&sol;a>&period; <br>The shooter reported to be a man with a violent criminal history killed his wife before calling 911 and reporting the murder and then opened fire on police when they responded to the call Thursday&comma; Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia says&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<iframe width&equals;"560" height&equals;"315" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;embed&sol;UEfec0KQ8d4" frameborder&equals;"0" allow&equals;"accelerometer&semi; autoplay&semi; clipboard-write&semi; encrypted-media&semi; gyroscope&semi; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen&equals;""><&sol;iframe>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">In a news conference Friday morning&comma; Chief Garcia said Sergio Sanchez&comma; 57&comma; called 911 Thursday morning and said he killed his wife at their home on the 5300 block of Bonita Avenue&period; <br>Sanchez and his wife&comma; Lachelle Sanchez&comma; 32&comma; were both found dead Thursday from apparent gunshot wounds when SWAT officers entered the home around 1&colon;30 p&period;m&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;02&sol;Cops-at-Dallas-home-where-two-other-cops-were-shot-responding-to-an-emergency-call-6-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-371688"&sol;><figcaption>SWAT officers were called to a home in the Vickery Place neighborhood on the east side of Dallas after two Dallas police officers were shot and sustained non-life-threatening injuries On Feb 18 morning&comma;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;02&sol;Dallas-home-where-two-other-cops-were-shot-responding-to-an-emergency-call-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"This image has an empty alt attribute&semi; its file name is Dallas-home-where-two-other-cops-were-shot-responding-to-an-emergency-call-2&period;jpg"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Dallas police enter a home to investigate a crime scene where earlier in the day two other officers were shot responding to an emergency call<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;02&sol;Dallas-home-where-two-other-cops-were-shot-responding-to-an-emergency-call&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-371659"&sol;><figcaption><strong>An evidence marker is shown by a vehicle parked in the driveway of a home being investigated by Dallas police<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">When law enforcement finally got into the home&comma; two people were found dead in an Old East Dallas home Thursday afternoon&comma; hours after two officers were wounded when they were shot at while responding to a call at the house&period;<br>Cops said the man had threatened to hurt his wife and officers&nbsp&semi;were met with gunfire when they approached the home&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true"><p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">Active shooter at 5300 block Bonita&period; Video taken from my house&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;wfaa&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&commat;wfaa<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;Dw3Ij1ax75">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;Dw3Ij1ax75<&sol;a><&sol;p>&mdash&semi; AndTheWeeDonkey☘️🇮🇪🐾💛🇺🇦💙🌻 &lpar;&commat;DeeGran99202660&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;DeeGran99202660&sol;status&sol;1362470363129610244&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">February 18&comma; 2021<&sol;a><&sol;blockquote><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Sergio had planned to &OpenCurlyQuote;Shoot it Out With Police&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Chief Eddie Garcia says&period;<br>As the officers approached the home&comma; they were met immediately by gunfire and two officers were struck&period;<br>Dallas Police Dept&period; SWAT was called and a perimeter was set up around the area&period; A short time later&comma; SWAT went into the home and found both Sanchez and his wife deceased&period;<br><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;02&sol;Cops-at-Dallas-home-where-two-other-cops-were-shot-responding-to-an-emergency-call-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-371663"&sol;><figcaption><strong>A Dallas police officer patrols an intersection on the 5300 block of Bonita Avenue in Dallas after two officers were shot responding to an emergenc<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;02&sol;Cops-at-Dallas-home-where-two-other-cops-were-shot-responding-to-an-emergency-call-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-371662"&sol;><figcaption><strong>A Dallas police officer investigates a broken window at a crime scene in Dallas where earlier in the day two other officers were shot<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Video footage from around the time of the incident shows firefighters carrying a limping officer to an ambulance&period;<br>The officers were seen in the Ring footage&comma; shot after responding to a 911 call on Thursday&period; Footage from the Ring video at the Dallas home also shows firefighters help in retrieving a limping police officer from the home after he had been shot<br>Two people were later found dead inside the home&comma; later identified as the shooter and his wife&period; Investigators believe Sanchez killed his wife before calling 911 and that he then later killed himself&period; No shots were fired by Dallas police officers&comma; Garcia said&period;<br>The chief said police received a call from someone who said they spoke with Sanchez before the shooting and that he said he intended to &&num;8220&semi;shoot it out with police&&num;8221&semi; and made mention that he didn&&num;8217&semi;t intend to go back to prison&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;02&sol;Cops-at-Dallas-home-where-two-other-cops-were-shot-responding-to-an-emergency-call-4&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-371674" width&equals;"689" height&equals;"411"&sol;><figcaption>Ring video footage shows firefighters help retrieve a limping police officer after he was shot<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;02&sol;Cops-at-Dallas-home-where-two-other-cops-were-shot-responding-to-an-emergency-call-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-371672" width&equals;"685" height&equals;"407"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Two people were later found dead inside the home&comma; including a woman and the man believed to have shot at cops<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Police Chief Eddie Garcia thanked Dallas Fire-Rescue workers for providing cover for the wounded officers to get away from the scene&comma; the outlet reported&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;I would be remiss if I did not point out the amazing work of our fire department who actually provided cover for our police officers to extract our wounded officers out of the scene&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Garcia&nbsp&semi;said&period;<br>Dallas Police Association President Mike Mata told KXAS-TV that the two officers sustained injuries to their lower legs and were taken&nbsp&semi;in stable condition to Baylor University Medical Center&comma; where they are expected to make full recoveries&period;<br><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;02&sol;Cops-tweet-about-Dallas-home-where-two-other-cops-were-shot-responding-to-an-emergency-call-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-371669" width&equals;"580" height&equals;"285"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia called for prayers after two officers were shot at a home<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">SWAT responded to the scene and officers reportedly tried several times to get the suspect to surrender&comma; according to the outlet&period;Wounded officer dragged from home after being shot at Texas callout&period;<br>SWAT officers breached the home at 1&period;30 pm and found a man and woman dead inside from gunshot wounds&comma; police said&period;<br>The man is believed to be the person who fired at the officers&comma; cops said&comma; and officers did not fire any shots during the encounter&period; <br>Sanchez has an &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;extensive violent criminal history” and said that he didn’t want to go back to prison&period; <br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;All signs prove that it looks like it was an ambush&comma;” on the officers&comma; Chief García said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><br><br><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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