Associated Press
LITTLE ELM, Texas — A police detective has died after being shot while answering a report of an armed man outside a house in a suburban Dallas neighborhood.
Little Elm Police Chief Rodney Harrison says Detective Jerry Walker died Tuesday night at a Denton hospital hours after the shooting.
Meanwhile, a standoff continued at a house with an armed man suspected of firing the fatal shot.
Authorities say the episode began about 3 p.m. Tuesday with the report of a man outside a house, armed with a long gun. Denton County sheriff’s Lt. Orlando Hinojosa (ee-noh-HOH'-sah) says officers arrived to find an armed man screaming at them from a backyard.
As officers withdrew, the man ducked into the house and fired from a window, striking Walker.
Tactical squad officers arrived and a standoff ensued.
VIDEO: Barricades moving farther out after Little Elm officer shot, suspect reportedly barricaded in house @NBCDFW pic.twitter.com/V8tlAb2cMp
— Homa Bash (@HomaBashNBC5) January 17, 2017
Multiple police agencies gathered outside ER @ Denton Regional Medical Center waiting to hear more on condition of Det Jerry Walker @CBSDFW pic.twitter.com/3Ab4nbMyqr
— Jeff Paul (@Jeff_Journalist) January 18, 2017