An illegal driver was arrested after crashing into several cars, shooting at a police officer

A man was arrested in Southlake, Texas on Friday morning after allegedly driving the wrong way, crashing into cars and firing a gun at multiple people, including a police officer.

Southlake police responded to a call around 9:30 a.m. Friday from the 600 block of West Southlake Boulevard about a hit-and-run driver.

The driver struck multiple vehicles while heading east before crashing in the 1400 block of East Southlake Boulevard, police said in a news release.

When the policeman arrived at the scene, the suspect took out a gun from his car and fired in the direction of the policeman and another driver.

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The police officer exchanged fire with the driver who was not there but neither he nor the suspect or the other driver was injured.

The police officer, along with other police officers who were at the scene, were able to arrest the suspect, where he has been kept since Sunday.

Surveillance footage from a nearby business shows people running from the scene of the gunfire. A man is heard shouting: “You have a gun!”

Photo by Sean Wallace Jordan from the Southlake Police Department. (Southlake Police)

A Southlake police press release identified the illegal driver as 19-year-old Sean Wallace Jordan of Colleyville, Texas. He is charged with aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon, aggravated assault on a public servant, and resisting arrest, search or transportation.

Online records show Jordan is being held at the Tarrant County Jail on a $271,500 bond. It is not clear whether he has retained a lawyer to speak for him.

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Southlake, Texas is located in the Forth Worth-Dallas area.