A man is in the hospital after police say he pointed a gun at officers responding to reports of allegedly threatening behavior near White Rock Lake Tuesday afternoon. Dallas police received several calls reporting a man pointing a gun at passing cars in the 11000 block of Joaquin Drive,

DALLAS — The Dallas Police Department has launched an investigation into an officer-involved shooting Tuesday afternoon. The shooting took place in the 11000 block of Joaquin Drive, DPD said in an X post. DPD sources told WFAA a person was waving a gun at motorists and when officers got to the scene, shots were exchanged.

Dallas police officers shot and critically wounded a man who waved a gun at drivers and pointed the weapon at officers on Tuesday afternoon, the department said. The shooting occurred about 3:20 p.m. in the 11000 block of Joaquin Drive in northeast Dallas, after police arrived to investigate reports of the man waving his gun at motorists.