Shooting in Dallas kills 1 police officer, injures 2 others

One police officer was shot dead and two others injured after a shooting in Dallas, Texas on Thursday evening, local police said. The incident took place at around 10:10 p.m. local time in the area of East Ledbetter Drive and South Marsalis Avenue in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, police said in a statement early Friday. The suspect fled the scene but was shot and killed by Dallas police officers who pursued him to the 1000 block of Stemmons Freeway down I-35E in Lewisvill, the statement reads. One of the injured police officers passed away in the hospital from the injuries sustained in the shooting. Two other police officers were also transported to local hospitals and are currently in critical and stable conditions. Officials did not give any possible motive for the shooting and the investigation into the incident is ongoing.