Police say they went to Ed Ferguson's home to
deal with a major disturbance involving women.
If that's the case, it means a 9-1-1 operator
miscoded the call.
The 9-1-1 tape shows 34-year-old Ferguson
called police to report a break-in.
9-1-1 operators go through a 10-week training
program, first in the classroom, then on the job.
In all, they handle about 1.6 million calls a year.
Police spokesman Jim Chandler says the operator
Ferguson talked to is being reassigned to
a service desk.
We get very few complaints on their work.
They are hand-picked individuals.
They're very well-trained.
Authorities worried Ferguson was hiding someone
in his home and say he took off running when
they wanted to go inside.
The chase took them around the block.
Police eventually forced their way inside the
house where they say a struggle ensued
and Ferguson allegedly grabbed one officer's gun.
Another fired in self-defense.
Demolio Peterson saw the foot chase.
I turned that corner right there.
He was running down the street.
One of the officers had a gun pointed at him.
When I turned the corner, he put it up.
A county guard here at Baylor Hospital won't
let us talk to Ferguson in his room, but his
father tells me the son says he did not try to
take the officer's gun.
Furthermore, the father is not apologizing
about his son's sometimes troubled past, but
says he came to Dallas to get away from all of
that and up until Monday, had done just that.
Cliff Caldwell, Texas News 5.