Police said 37-year-old Isidoro Melo-Munoz turned himself in one day after fleeing a Northeast Dallas apartment complex.
DALLAS, TX — A 37-year-old man sought after an alleged stabbing and an officer-involved shooting in Dallas turned himself in Saturday morning, ending a search that began when he fled an apartment complex a day earlier, police said.
Dallas police identified the suspect as Isidoro Melo-Munoz. Officers had been searching for him since Friday morning, when they responded to a domestic disturbance at the Sunchase Park Apartments in the 8500 block of Park Lane. Police said Melo-Munoz allegedly stabbed a woman before running from officers after one of them fired a weapon. Police announced Saturday morning that he had surrendered and was not injured.
Officers were called to the apartment complex at about 7 a.m. Friday. According to police accounts provided to local news organizations, responding officers encountered Melo-Munoz near the woman on a second-floor landing and saw that he had a knife. Police said officers ordered him to drop the weapon.
Police said Melo-Munoz did not comply with the commands and an officer fired at him. Melo-Munoz then ran from the apartment complex. No officers were injured, and authorities later said there was no indication that Melo-Munoz had been struck by the officer’s gunfire.
The woman was taken to a hospital after suffering stab wounds. Police initially described her condition as stable, although a later report said her current condition had not been released. Authorities described the incident as involving a dating relationship, though local reports differed on whether the two were still together at the time of the attack.
The shooting prompted an extensive search for Melo-Munoz. Dallas police said patrol officers and other department resources were used in the effort to locate him. Authorities released his identity and description while asking for information about his whereabouts.
Dallas police public information officer Allison Hudson told CBS News Texas on Friday that patrol units, department technology and other available resources were being used in the search. The search continued through Friday before police announced early Saturday that Melo-Munoz had turned himself in.
FOX 4 reported that relatives identified the injured woman as Maria Santos Martinez and said she previously had contacted police about Melo-Munoz because of alleged harassment. Those statements came from family members and were not presented by police as findings in the investigation.
Police had not announced in the reports reviewed what charges Melo-Munoz would face following his surrender. The circumstances surrounding the alleged stabbing and the officer’s decision to fire remain part of the investigation, and authorities had not released additional details about what happened immediately before the confrontation.
Melo-Munoz was no longer being sought as of Saturday morning, according to Dallas police. Authorities said he surrendered without an injury from the police gunfire. Additional information about charges, the woman’s condition and the continuing investigations had not been released.
Author note: Last updated August 9, 2026.