Texas police officer is killed and two hostages discovered lifeless following shootout with suspect after lady known as 911 claiming she was being stabbed: Attacker can also be shot lifeless

A Texas police officer with the Austin SWAT crew was killed early on Saturday morning in a taking pictures that left the gunman lifeless and a second officer wounded.

Two different folks had been later discovered lifeless inside a house in Austin, in keeping with interim Police Chief Robin Henderson.

An emotional Henderson, who paused usually throughout a information convention and seemed to be choking again tears, stated officers had been known as to the house shortly earlier than 3am on Saturday morning by a lady screaming that she was being stabbed.

One particular person escaped the house earlier than officers arrived, Henderson stated, and informed police the person within the house was armed with a knife.

Police then tried to enter the house and had been met with gunfire, however they didn’t return hearth.

As a substitute, officers retreated and known as for a SWAT crew, stated Henderson, who didn’t take questions and was surrounded by about 10 different officers throughout her feedback.

On Saturday night, the officer was recognized as Jorge Pastore, a three-year officer with the division. Officer Pastore was a member of the SWAT crew. He was married and had two stepsons.

‘At 3:06am, as a result of the suspect was armed and barricaded inside a residence and had two hostages, SWAT was known as out,’ Henderson defined. ‘At roughly 4:11am, SWAT officers arrived on scene and compelled entry into the residence a second time to rescue the victims.’

‘SWAT officers arrived on scene and compelled entry into the residence … to rescue the victims,’ Henderson stated. 

‘As SWAT officers entered the suspect instantly fired his gun on the officers and the SWAT officers returned hearth.’

Two officers and the suspect had been struck by the gunfire. The suspect was killed on the scene and the 2 officers had been taken to a hospital, the place one died and the second was in secure situation, Henderson stated.

‘Two obvious victims of the suspect had been situated inside the residence with deadly accidents,’ Henderson stated.

A number of officers opened hearth, and the taking pictures shall be investigated by each the Austin Police Division’s inside affairs division and the division’s particular investigation unit along with the Travis County District Legal professional’s Workplace, Henderson stated.

No names have been launched.

‘My coronary heart and the hearts of Austinites are damaged this morning. It is a horrible second for our metropolis and people who defend us,’ Austin Mayor Kirk Watson stated in a press release.

‘I am praying for the household of our fallen officer, for our officer who was shot and in surgical procedure and his household.

‘We depend on courageous people who find themselves in hurt’s method when they’re serving us,’ Watson stated. ‘This occasion jarringly brings house that fact.’

The Austin Police Retired Officers Affiliation requested for prayers for each the slain and the wounded officer.

That is the primary time in a decade that an APD officer has been shot and killed within the line of obligation. 

‘Our hearts are heavy this morning with the information of one in every of our brothers with APD having been shot and killed within the line of obligation,’ the assertion stated on X.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott additionally issued a press release calling for prayers for the household of the slain officer, for the wounded officer and for the town’s police division.

‘This tragedy is a reminder of the good dangers and selfless management our legislation enforcement officers train day by day to serve and defend their communities,’ Abbott stated.