By Kelli Smith
A Dallas police officer was jailed Friday after he’s believed to have shot at one of his fellow officers while they were both off-duty and in an Uber, police allege in an arrest-warrant affidavit.
Officer Anthony Heims, 39, faces an aggravated assault charge after he was arrested by his own department Friday. He was booked into the Dallas County jail about 12:30 p.m. His bail was set at $25,000, and it was unclear whether he had an attorney.
Heims is the second Dallas police officer arrested this week. The other was accused of a misdemeanor charge of family violence assault.
In Heims’ case, an Uber driver called police Friday and said he was driving Heims and a second person — identified as another officer — in the 4700 block of Red Bud Drive, near North John Miller Road and Military Parkway, in the Buckner Terrace area of Dallas.
The Uber driver drove them to a gated community when Heims, who sat in the back seat, pointed a pistol at the other officer’s head, the affidavit says. The other officer sat in the front passenger seat, according to the affidavit.
The Uber driver told police that both officers then began to struggle over the pistol, which “discharged into the roof of the vehicle, damaging the sunroof,” the affidavit says.
Responding officers found Heims, the second officer and the Uber driver all still at the site, the affidavit says. Police found Heims’ pistol in the front passenger side of vehicle, and said it had 12 live cartridges and a fired cartridge casing was “lodged in the chamber.”
Police brought Heims and the other officer in for questioning. It was unclear whether Heims provided a statement.
The other officer was intoxicated and told police he heard a gunshot and his ears were ringing, the affidavit says. He said he doesn’t remember how he gained possession of the pistol, but he put it on the front passenger side after it was fired, according to the affidavit.
Second arrest
In a separate incident, Dallas police Officer Javier Granados was arrested Thursday on a misdemeanor charge of family violence assault. The arrest stemmed from an off-duty domestic incident, police said without elaborating. It was unclear whether he had an attorney.
Heims has been on the department since September 2013, while Granados has been on the force since September 2019.
Both Heims and Granados were assigned to the Southeast Patrol Division and have been placed on administrative leave while the department investigates.
Mike Mata, president of the Dallas Police Association, said early Friday that he was still learning about what happened with the aggravated assault, but reiterated both officers deserve to get a fair shake.
“They deserve the same due process as any citizen, treated no worse or no better,” Mata said. “He should have his day in court if that’s what it comes to.”
