Police killings
2013-2020

George Zapata

Male, Hispanic

Date of the incident: 10/14/2016

Dallas, Dallas, TX
300 E Brownlee Ave

An officer was conducting an investigation of an unrelated property crime when a deadly shooting unfolded in front of him. The officer – in plain clothes, driving an unmarked police vehicle, whose identity has not been released – returned fire, killing the shooter, but not before he was struck in the foot. Three other men were taken to the hospital. Police said the suspect, 24-year-old George Zapata and the man he shot died.