A Dallas Police Department officer was shot and killed on Thursday night, and two others were wounded by a suspect who was later shot dead by law enforcement.
Dallas police responded to an officer in distress at around 10:00 p.m. and found him “shot in a marked squad car,” Fox News reported. Police “exchanged gunfire with a suspect at the scene,” and two other officers were wounded, including one who is in critical condition.
After shooting and killing the police officer, the suspect fled in a vehicle and drove around 30 miles away to Lewisville. Responding officers chased the suspect, and the pursuit ended with the suspect exiting his car with a long gun before he was shot and killed by police officers.
The family of the slain Dallas officer identified him on Friday as 46-year-old Darron Burks, The Dallas Morning News reported. Burks was a former school teacher who had recently…
