He had five children, including a son at the Dallas Police Department.

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The incident began unfolding Monday morning, when SMU police called their Dallas counterparts "asking for assistance with an individual who jumped out of a vehicle and ran from them, " said Dallas Police Department Assistant Chief Thomas Lawrence.

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Alberto Morales, 42, was killed shortly after he was located in a wooded area in Grapevine, near Dallas, said Grapevine Police Department spokesman Sgt.

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