NBC 5 reports that the search for a missing Southern Methodist University campus police officer who reported being trapped in high water early Tuesday morning is now a recovery operation, Dallas Fire-Rescue says.
DFR spokesman Jason Evans said Tuesday morning the officer, whose name has not yet been released, was working security detail in the 3700 block of North Fitzhugh Avenue at 1:39 a.m. when he called to report water above the hood of his car.
After searching for him for more than eight hours overnight, fire officials said Tuesday morning the search and rescue mission was now a recovery effort and that the officer was presumed dead.
Tuesday afternoon, Dallas Deputy Chief Vernon Hale tweeted that a white car found submerged in the creek matches the description of the officer’s vehicle; police later confirmed that the vehicle was the officer’s but his whereabouts remained a mystery.
