NOTE UPDATE TODAY: THE WIFE OF THE POOR SHOOTER SAID HE WAS GOOD GUY SHE DID NOT KNOW HE HAD A GUN, SHE SAID HE WAS A VICTIM OF BI POLOR AND SHE KEPT HER GUN LOCKED UP AND DOES NOT KNOW HOW HE GOT IT.
DUNCANVILLE, Texas — Police on Monday shot and killed a man who showed up at a Duncanville summer camp with a gun and then exchanged shots with officers, officials said.
Police on Tuesday identified the man as 42-year-old Brandon Keith Ned, of Dallas. More information about Ned was not released.
No children, camp staffers, or police were injured in the incident, which unfolded shortly after 8:30 a.m. at the Duncanville Fieldhouse.
The location is an indoor sports and fitness venue where more than 150 children were attending a summer camp.
Police began receiving calls at 8:43 a.m. about a person with a gun and shots being fired, according to police. Officers arrived on the scene at 8:45 a.m. and entered the building.
During a news conference Monday afternoon, police said the suspect, who has not yet been identified, entered the building through the main lobby and encountered a staff member. According to police, there was some sort of conversation between the two that led to the suspect firing off one shot.
Police said the suspect then tried to go into a classroom but was unable to due to the door being locked. The suspect fired one shot into the classroom, which had children inside, according to police. None of the children were injured.
The suspect then went into the gymnasium, where there were also children, police said.
After officers arrived, they found the suspect inside the gymnasium, police said.
Officers "exchanged gunfire with the suspect" and struck him, according to police. He was taken to a hospital, where he died.
Police said in the news conference that between the time when the suspect entered the gymnasium and when officers arrived, the children were moved from the building.
Mayor Barry Gordon told WFAA that the officers had just recently ..
