A manhunt is underway in Texas for a “Armed and dangerous” suspected of shooting a state police officer.
The incident came after Texas Department of Public Security police officer Chad Walker stopped behind a disabled driver at about 7:45 pm on Friday near Mexia, which is south of Dallas, according to a Facebook post. of Texas Public Security Officers Association.
Before Walker even stopped his patrol car, the driver of the disabled vehicle came out with a pistol and “fired several shots at Trooper Walker through the patrol unit’s windshield,” says the post.
Walker was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the head and abdomen. The suspect, 36-year-old DeArthur Pinson Jr., returned to his car, grabbed a backpack and ran, according to the Association of Public Security Officers.
Walker, described as stable but in critical condition, is married, has a 15-year-old son, two 7-year-old twin daughters and a 2-month-old daughter, the association said.