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Veteran Dallas police officer dies after medical emergency, police say

FILE: Police lights
FILE: Police lights
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A Dallas police officer died Thursday after he was found unresponsive at an apartment complex, police say.

Christopher Jackson, 58, collapsed near a parking lot after he returned home to the Residence at the Oaks apartments along Duncanville Road following a shift, Dallas police said.


Police said an apartment employee and Dallas police officers performed CPR while they awaited the arrival of Dallas Fire-Rescue.

Sources told KRLD the officer was taken to Methodist Dallas Medical Center, but died a few minutes later. The cause of his death had not been determined Friday.

Jackson was a 31-year veteran of the department and assigned to Southwest Patrol.

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