Dallas police headquarters temporarily heightened security after receiving a threat against officers, two days after a gunman killed five officers in the Texas city.
“The Dallas Police Department received an anonymous threat against law enforcement across the city and has taken precautionary measures,” Dallas police said in an emailed statement to media. Though police officers told AFP the headquarters were on lockdown, the department tweeted that that was not the case.
SWAT officers were deployed at the main building, local media reported. The sight of a masked man caused police to go on heightened alert, the Dallas Morning News reported. “A man wearing a black mask was spotted in a parking garage behind the headquarters,” the paper said.
“Officers have completed manual search of the garage. No suspect found,” the police department tweeted.
“Great job by our officers!” police chief David Brown tweeted after an all-clear was issued soon after.