LUBBOCK, TX — A shooting on the Texas Tech University campus early Tuesday left one suspect dead and two campus police officers injured, according to the Texas Tech Police Department.
It happened around 12:45 a.m. in a parking lot near the 2700 block of Marsha Sharp Freeway, near Jones Stadium. Officers were investigating a suspicious vehicle when the suspect reportedly pulled a gun and opened fire. The officers returned fire, striking the suspect, who was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Both officers sustained non-life-threatening injuries and were transported to a nearby hospital in stable condition. Their identities, as well as that of the suspect, have not been released.
The Lubbock Metropolitan Special Crimes Unit is investigating the officer-involved shooting. It remains unclear whether the suspect had any affiliation with the university.
This marks the second shooting involving Texas Tech police in recent years. In 2017, Officer Floyd East Jr. was shot and killed inside the university police department by a student, who was later convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
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