DALLAS (AP) - Authorities were scouring a Dallas neighborhood for a suspect Monday after a paramedic was shot and critically wounded while helping a shooting victim.
Emergency responders were treating a civilian who had been shot around 11:30 a.m. in a neighborhood east of downtown when another person approached, opened fired and critically injured the paramedic, according to a statement from the city.
Officials believe the suspect is still in the vicinity. No details have been released about the shooter or what might have sparked the incident.
"The entire area is still active and very dangerous," police spokesman Warren Mitchell said in an email, adding that it was unsafe to allow media into the area.
The paramedic was rushed to Baylor University Medical Center, where he underwent surgery and was listed in critical but stable condition, the city said. Details about the civilian's condition haven't been released.
Dozens of police vehicles swarmed the mostly residential area after the shooting was reported near a local Fire Training Academy. Several people from a nearby neighborhood and some relatives of people who live in the barricaded area gathered at a nearby gas station to await updates from police.