DALLAS, TX — One person was shot dead Wednesday afternoon when he tried to break into a hotel room in northeast Dallas, police say.

Officers were sent to a call in the 10200 block of North Walton Walker Boulevard around 6:00 p.m. Wednesday. Police said a hotel resident had called 9-1-1 to report that he had shot an intruder.

Police found the victim, an unidentified man, unconscious and wounded from a gunshot.