Overview

• Grand Prairie police acknowledged a dispatch error from a cell-phone 911 call that sent officers to the wrong address on Holly Hills Drive.
• Police say they knocked for several minutes before the homeowner opened the garage armed and pointed a gun, prompting officers to fire and strike him in the leg.
• Homeowner Thomas Simpson says officers did not identify themselves, he dropped his gun after seeing a badge, and multiple shots were fired as he fell; his family, including two teenagers, was detained for hours.
• The Dallas County District Attorney’s Office is evaluating the officer-involved shooting under its standard process and will decide whether to present the case to a grand jury.
• A former county prosecutor said body-camera footage will be crucial to the review, which could take weeks, and Simpson says he plans to file a civil lawsuit while police seek aggravated assault charges against him.