Texas police officer writing ticket fatally shot
A Texas police officer was fatally shot Sunday, San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said in a news conference.
The shooting occurred near police headquarters, McManus said.
According to The Associated Press, McManus said the officer had pulled over a vehicle and while he was inside his squad car writing a ticket, a vehicle pulled up behind him. He said the driver of that vehicle got out, walked up to the officer's driver-side window and shot the officer in the head.
The man fired a second time, then walked back to his vehicle and drove away, McManus said.
"This is everyone's worst nightmare," McManus told the AP. "It's always difficult, especially in this this day and age, when police are being targeted across the country."
The officer, a 20-year veteran of the force, was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Police are looking for the suspect, McManus said. On its Facebook page, the San Antonio police described the subject as a black male wearing a hoodie, baggy pants, and beard. He was approximately 5-foot-7, officials said.
This is a developing story.
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