Dallas Police respond to nearly 300 fireworks disturbance calls during July 4 weekend

The number of calls Dallas Police received about fireworks disturbances and random gunfire during the July 4 weekend dropped from last year.July 4 random fireworks and gunfire callsDuring the July 4 holiday weekend (July 3 through 6 a.m. on July 6), the Dallas Police Department received 18,654 total calls to 9-1-1.The department says 297 of those calls were to report fireworks disturbances, and 125 were in connection to random gunfire.The total number of calls and the number of calls related to random gunfire dropped from the 2025 holiday weekend, when the department received nearly 22,000 calls total and nearly 150 calls about random gunfire.Dallas Police have not said how many arrests were made in connection to the calls about random gunfire and fireworks disturbances."We’re encouraged by the decrease in random gunfire calls this Fourth of July weekend," said Chief of Police Daniel Comeaux. "I believe it reflects the impact of a consistent message we’ve been sharing over the past yea