UPDATED: 9:23AM: Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas SWAT has exited a Tom Thumb store that was robbed at gunpoint this morning. Out Scott Sidway reports that they did not appear to have a suspect. It was believed that a suspect or suspects may have still been inside the store. Police started getting calls about 5:30 this morning.
DPD SWAT Officers have come out of the Tom Thumb. Saw one on the roof as well. Not much urgency on their parts on the way out, didn’t seem to have a suspect with them. SWAT vehicles moving away. @WBAP247NEWS @570KLIF pic.twitter.com/79s1MLyKME
— Scott Sidway (@ScottyWK) March 22, 2019
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UPDATE: 8:24AM: Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A SWAT situation continues in North Dallas where a Tom Thumb store at Preston and Beltine was reportedly held up at gunpoint this morning. It’s still not known whether or not the suspect of suspects are still inside. Some employees were let out of the store, but some remain according to a witness.
Our Scott Sideway is on the scene. It’s a very fluid situation. Keep checking back for details.
DPD Swat vehicle just inched closer to the Tom Thumb front door. Police say armed robber may still be inside. Employee at nearby Einstein Bagels says she saw people come out in small groups much earlier. @WBAP247NEWS @570KLIF pic.twitter.com/9oyykVMCrO
— Scott Sidway (@ScottyWK) March 22, 2019
The southwest corner strip mall at Beltline & Preston is closed off because of a SWAT situation at the Tom Thumb. Armed robbery. One employee who isn’t allowed into work says she doesn’t know if her bakery team, who was inside, is ok. Heavy police presence. @WBAP247NEWS @570KLIF pic.twitter.com/YkokzbkB86
— Scott Sidway (@ScottyWK) March 22, 2019
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Businesses around the tom thumb store at Preston and Belt Line in North Dallas confirm a heavy police and SWAT presence outside the store.
A woman who identified herself as Sherry is one of the managers at Einstein’s Bagels located in the same strip mall as Tom Thumb. She told us that the entire parking lot is shut down, no employees are being permitted in or out. The bagel shop was the only store open as of 7:30 this morning.
Sherry said that she had been videoing the entire ordeal since it began earlier this morning and that “hostages or whatever you might call them” are being able to exit the store one or two at a time.
Stay with us for updates on this developing story.
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