There was panic at Dallas Police headquarters on Saturday evening following reports of a masked man in the building’s garage, however it appears to have been a false alarm.
A man wearing a black mask was reportedly spotted in a parking garage at the rear of the building after police received an anonymous threat to kill cops.
SWAT teams combed the area and broke down fences and doors in their search for a suspect, but nothing was found.
A source told CBS DFW that a gang from Houston had threatened to attack cops in Dallas.
SWAT teams were seen outside the city’s police headquarters and CBS DFW reported that one of the gang from Houston was seen at Dallas Forth Worth after the threat was made.
Dallas Police said no shots were fired at the police station but SWAT teams had used a device to open a locked fence.
Officers swept the garage and opened a locked door in the garage with a shotgun, but found nothing.
Dallas Police said it conducted a ‘systematic search’ of the garage and parking lot as they looked for ‘a suspicious person’.
Police officers were seen running inside the headquarters with guns drawn after the alert earlier on Saturday evening.
Officials confirmed a threat had been made and said it was taking precautions.
Television networks filming the scene were asked not to give away the position of police officers scouring the area.
The threat came just two days after Army veteran Micah Xavier Johnson shot 12 officers in Dallas, killing five.
Until Americans understand that we are all one nation and one people, no one is safe. Too many are immersed in hatred, believing that other groups and other people are their enemies. And far too often, too many are taking matters into their own hands to be judge, jury and executioner of people they hate. Martin Luther King Jr. said it best when he said “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” It is time to drive out darkness and hate.