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A Dallas police detective remains in serious
condition this evening at Baylor Hospital and his
assailent in fair condition at parkland Hospital
after both were wounded in a shootout at an East
Dallas apartment late last night.
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Police say 39-year-old Tom Sewell u
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Dallas police department was shot once in the chest.
Sewell and other officers raided the suspect's
apartment, - arrest warrants for armed
robbery in California and Texas.
As the policemen bDoke through the door of the
apartment, the assailent fled to a bedroom and
reportedly opened fire on the officers, striking
Sewell as he burst through the door. When Sewell
fell, police said other officers opened fire on the
man .identified as 3year-old Mel n Eles.They said Morales tried to escape by jumping
from a window In the) second floor apartment despiteSHOOTING
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Shooting], script, June 18, 1973, 6:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1902112/m1/1/?q=%221973-06-18%22: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.