By Police1 Staff
AUSTIN, Texas — An officer with the Austin Police Department was killed and another was wounded in a SWAT situation, KVUE reports.
The shooting happened around 4:30 a.m. and started with a disturbance and potential hostage situation inside a house, the report states. A SWAT team was called to the scene and nearby homes were evacuated.
“I am heartbroken and praying for the family of the officer who we have lost and for [a second injured] officer and his family as we lift him up and hope he is OK,” Mayor Kirk Watson said at the hospital.
Watson’s chief of staff said the officer who was killed was a member of the SWAT team and the wounded officer was going into surgery. Two people were also found dead inside the home, and the suspect was shot and killed, according to the update.
KVUE reports this is the first time in a decade an Austin Police Department officer was killed in the line of duty.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
