One officer was killed and three others were wounded Thursday after a police standoff in a small West Texas town erupted in gunfire.
The incident involved a man barricaded in a house shortly after 1 p.m. Thursday on a residential street in Levelland, about 30 miles west of Lubbock. Three of the wounded officers were taken to a Lubbock hospital and one officer went to a Levelland hospital, which placed itself on lockdown.
The suspect, identified as Omar Soto-Chavira, 22, was eventually taken into custody late Thursday night and was to be hospitalized for unspecified injuries, according to KCBD-TV in Lubbock.
Soto-Chavira bonded out of jail just four days ago after being accused of assaulting family members, KAMC-TV of Lubbock, reported. Texas has seen a rise in crimes by defendants out on bond – and just this week the state Senate passed a bond reform bill aimed at addressing the problem.
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