A Dallas police officer was killed and two other officers were wounded in a shooting in Oak Cliff on Thursday night, officials said. The suspect is also dead.
“Our department is hurting,” Dallas Police Department spokeswoman Kristin Lowman told reporters at a news conference. “We have officers who are injured and in the hospital, and we lost one of our own.”
Dallas police received a call of an “officer in distress” around 10:10 p.m., Lowman said. When they arrived on the scene in the 900 block of East Ledbetter Drive, they found an officer shot in his marked patrol vehicle.
Responding officers exchanged gunfire with the suspect, and two of them were injured. All three officers were taken to Dallas hospitals. One is in stable condition, another is in critical condition and a third officer died from his injuries, Lowman said.
The identities of the officers have not yet been released.
The suspect fled after the shooting and Dallas police pursued him to Lewisville. The suspect exited his vehicle in the 1000 block of Stemmons Freeway and preliminary investigation shows he was holding a long gun, Lowman said.
Dallas officers fired at the suspect and he died at the scene, Lowman said. The suspect has not been publicly identified.
The investigation into the shooting is still ongoing.
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