Firefighters are supposed to wait for Dallas police before they go into a dangerous situation. It's a new policy.
"Gunshot with victim with shooter in vicinity. Do you see police?” says a dispatcher. Sunday night when firefighters responded to a home near Fair Park, they had a tough decision to make. They could go inside knowing there might be a shooter in the area or wait for police knowing people needed help. Two people were shot. One of them was 21-year-old Delashon Jefferson. She was eight months pregnant. "They took a gamble because they knew that someone had been shot and needed help and needed help quickly,” said Jim Mcdade, President of the Dallas Fire Fighters Association.
They broke policy and didn't wait for police. "They had to go in there because they knew they could make a difference,” said McDade.