DALLAS (AP) - Dallas police say officers shot and killed a domestic violence suspect who confronted the officers at his front door with a gun.
A police statement says the episode began about 5 p.m. Monday when an active shooter was reported in a neighborhood in the Pleasant Grove district of southeastern Dallas. The caller reported that a man known to her had fired multiple shots into her home.
When the officers arrived, the heard through the open front door a disturbance involving the suspect, a woman and a crying baby. When one officer ordered the man to come to the door, the suspect came armed with a handgun, prompting the officer to open fire.
The 28-year-old gunman died at a hospital. The woman in the house also was hospitalized with injuries.
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