An Alleged Police-Involved Shooting is Being Investigated in Dalhart, Texas

An officer-involved shooting occurred in Dalhart, Texas, on Monday, October 16, 2017, and the Texas Rangers are investigating the incident. At about 2:15 a.m. Monday, officers with the Dalhart Police Department went to the Dalhart Self Storage in response to a call about a suicidal individual. When they arrived, officers encountered a woman who had a shotgun with her. Police officers said they negotiated with the woman and tried to get her to put the shotgun on the ground. They say that, instead, she turned the shotgun toward the police officers. In response, they shot her an undisclosed number of times. An emergency medical team went to the scene and gave the woman treatment. She was then transported first to a Dalhart hospital and then to Lubbock’s University Medical Center. The Texas Rangers also went to the scene, where they began their investigation.

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