Family questions DPD's response after kids found alive days after parents killed in apartment [View all]
kids three years old and 8 months old.
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The Dallas Police Department (DPD) said the couple may have been killed Sunday night.
WFAA has learned from sources that on Sunday a neighbor called 911 at 11:58 p.m. She told police she heard four shots, followed by banging and what sounded like fighting. But officers werent assigned the call until nearly two hours later at 1:45 a.m., and officers didnt get to the apartment until nearly 2 a.m. Officers knocked on the door and left.
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"Responding officers knocked on the door several times, and announced themselves as police. Officers also listened at the door for sounds coming from inside the apartment and didnt hear anyone inside. There was no sign of a forced entry into the apartment, said Dallas Police Department spokesperson Kristen Lowman.
Sources said police went back to the apartment on Wednesday, when a neighbor called and said the oldest child was walking around outside and they stopped to ask her where her parents were. She led them to the apartment.
David Stewart's mother wonders what if police had found them sooner.
"Did they just immediately pass away? Or did they suffer for a day? Or bleed to death? I dont know. But I feel like if the police and ambulance would have gotten there, maybe they could have at least gotten them to the hospital, said Latoya.
DPD said when the call came in Sunday night, they had more than a dozen other "priority 2" calls already holding and responded as soon as there were officers available.
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