--- title: Hoverboard Shooter Injures Driver in Dallas Before Fleeing description: The shooter rolled by a car on a hoverboard and shot the driver canonical: https://time.com/4246852/hoverboard-shooter-dallas/ author: Julia Zorthian article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-03T19:07:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T15:36:26.755Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Texas Man Escapes on Hoverboard After Shooting Driver og:description: The shooter rolled by a car on a hoverboard and shot the driver og:url: https://time.com/4246852/hoverboard-shooter-dallas/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Texas Man Escapes on Hoverboard After Shooting Driver twitter:description: The shooter rolled by a car on a hoverboard and shot the driver twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Texas Man Escapes on Hoverboard After Shooting Driver  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Mar 3, 2016 7:07 PM CUT  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Mar 3, 2016 7:07 PM CUT There have been plenty of reports about the [dangers](http://time.com/4189510/amazon-hoverboard-fire-refund/ "undefined") of [hoverboards](http://time.com/4144547/hoverboard-riding-thief-robs-supermarket/ "undefined") — and now one has been used in a shooting, Dallas police said. An armed man on a hoverboard reportedly rolled by a car and [shot the driver](http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/suspect-allegedly-flees-on-hoverboard-after-shooting-man-in-northwest-dallas.html/ "undefined") early Thursday morning before eluding police. Officers responded to the call at a RaceTrac gas station in Northwest Dallas at 4:10 a.m., Senior Corporal of the Dallas Police public information office Monica Cordova told TIME. An emergency vehicle transported the victim to the local hospital. The investigation for the shooter who made the hoverboard getaway is currently ongoing. \[[_Dallas Morning News_](http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/suspect-allegedly-flees-on-hoverboard-after-shooting-man-in-northwest-dallas.html/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4246852/hoverboard-shooter-dallas/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4246852/hoverboard-shooter-dallas/"},"headline":"Texas Man Escapes on Hoverboard After Shooting Driver","datePublished":"2016-03-03T19:07:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:36:26.755Z","description":"The shooter rolled by a car on a hoverboard and shot the driver.","url":"https://time.com/4246852/hoverboard-shooter-dallas/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Zorthian","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4246852/hoverboard-shooter-dallas/","name":"Texas Man Escapes on Hoverboard After Shooting Driver"}}]}] ```