LUBBOCK, Texas—Texas Tech University in Lubbock was placed on lockdown after a campus police officer was shot and killed.
University spokesman Chris Cook said campus police made a student welfare check Monday evening and, upon entering the room, found evidence of drugs and drug paraphernalia. Officers then brought the suspect to the police station for standard debriefing.
Tech PD slowly rolling back into station. pic.twitter.com/83yWqhX0Ex
— Sarah Self-Walbrick (@SarahFromtheAJ) October 10, 2017
While at the station, Cook said the suspect pulled out a gun and shot an officer in the head, killing him. The suspect then fled on foot and remained at large before being arrested, Fox 34 reported.
In a statement, the university identified the suspected shooter as 19-year-old Hollis Daniels.
Texas Tech is on lockdown after an Tech PD officer was shot and killed. Suspect Hollis Daniels is on the loose. pic.twitter.com/Dh2rFwc2Ov
— Sarah Self-Walbrick (@SarahFromtheAJ) October 10, 2017
Texas Tech officials issued a lockdown alert to students on social media, noting that the suspect had not been apprehended. The alert urged those on campus “to take shelter in a safe location.”
Additional information was not immediately available.
ALL-CLEAR: The suspect has been apprehended. Lockdown lifted on campus. Avoid TTUPD, north side of campus. https://t.co/jOFvYnGgL6.
— Texas Tech (@TexasTech) October 10, 2017
Associated Press