Hundreds of people were left fleeing for their lives after a gunman opened fire at Texas State Fair – as some fairgoers were left on the top of a Ferris wheel watching the terror from above.
A suspect, who wounded three people on Saturday night, is in custody, police said. The gunman opened fire at the food court at the Tower Building in Dallas.
Dallas Police said their injuries were not considered life-threatening.
The ordeal erupted when one man started shooting at another – but screaming fairgoers in their dozens started running away from the amusements when they heard the bullets ring out.
Clips from the shooting show people scrambling, and one person who was stuck at the top of the Ferris wheel was forced to watch the panic without being able to escape
Hundreds of people were left fleeing for their lives after a gunman opened fire at Texas State Fair – as some fairgoers were left on the top of a Ferris wheel watching the terror from above
Clips from the shooting show people scrambling, and one person who was stuck at the top of the Ferris wheel was forced to watch the panic without being able to escape.
The suspect was in custody just after 8pm.
Clara Bishop, 20, who was at the fair at the time told the Dallas Morning News that she was ‘on the verge of tears’ as she had to duck behind a ride when the shots were fired.
She was trying to get her friends off of a UFO ride, but the doors were locked so she decided to hide rather than flee.
Johnna McKee, 63, who was working inside the nearby Dock, immediately started shutting and locking the doors to the restaurant. Her family have been selling funnel cakes at the fair since the 1960s.
She said: ‘There’s a calmness that comes across you. I had to keep my composure while telling everyone there was an active shooter and that we were going into lockdown.
‘As a little girl, a 7-year-old, I never felt scared here, I was never not safe. Even tonight, I knew they were prepared.
‘In today’s society you always have to be on heightened alert. You never know, even just walking into a Walmart.’