SWAT called in after Dallas Police receive threat

Dallas police headquarters was placed on lockdown and heavily armed officers were deployed Saturday after the department received a “serious threat”.

The news station reported that one of the gang from Houston was seen at Dallas Forth Worth after the threat was made.

This comes just days after a gunman killed five officers and wounded others.

Dallas Police respond after shots were fired at a Black Lives Matter rally in downtown Dallas on Thursday, July 7, 2016. The statement added that police was taking “precautionary measures to heighten security”.

Officials have also notified surrounding police agencies, fire departments and emergency medical services.

The Dallas Morning News, citing a police source, reported that a lockdown was in effect shortly before 6 p.m. local time.

A SWAT team is circling the police department headquarters.

SWAT officers have surrounded the building with guns drawn.

The 25-year-old old authorities he was upset about the police shootings of two black men earlier this week and wanted to exterminate whites, “especially white officers”.