The Brief
- A Fannin County Sheriff’s Office deputy was injured during an officer-involved shooting in Leonard on Thursday.
- The deputy was responding to a call in the 500 block of County Road 5012 and was met with gunfire upon arrival.
- A police association called the shooting an ‘absolute ambush’. The deputy was taken in for treatment and the suspect is deceased.
LEONARD, Texas – An officer-involved shooting in Fannin County has left a deputy in the hospital and the suspect dead.
Fannin County officer-involved shooting
What we know:
The Fannin County Sheriff’s Office says the deputy was responding to an incident in the 500 block of County Road 5012 in Leonard, a town northeast of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.
Police said the deputy was met with gunfire upon arrival at the scene.…