By Tim Thomas -- From The Resurgent
Texas NBC affiliate KCBD is
reporting that a Texas Tech campus police officer has been shot and killed in the line of duty.
The assailant was apparently a TTU student whom officers had brought to the police headquarters for a welfare check". The report states that the student identified by police as Hollis A. Daniels pulled a gun and shot the officer then fled the scene.
From the KCBD report:
Early reports say the shooting suspect is 6 feet tall 140 pounds with red hair and blue eyes wearing a white t-shirt and blue jeans. Police say he is driving a silver 2001 BMW SUV.
As of 10pm Eastern time the shooter was still at large and the Texas Tech campus was on lockdown and being searched by a SWAT team.
UPDATE: Texas Tech officials now say that the suspect is now in custody and the campus lockdown has been lifted.
