A Texas police officer was shot in the neck late Friday night in what law enforcement sources are calling a planned ambush attack outside the ICE Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, just south of Dallas-Fort Worth.
According to a press release from the Alvarado Police Department, officers were dispatched at approximately 10:56 p.m. to Sunflower Lane, the road leading to the federal detention facility.
When officers arrived, they saw an individual who appeared to be armed. As the first officer attempted to engage the suspect, multiple masked individuals opened fire, striking the officer in the neck.
The officer was airlifted to a Fort Worth hospital, treated, and later released, according to police.
“Every shift carries risk. This job is never routine,” the Texas Municipal Police Association said in a statement, calling the attack an apparent protest-related ambush.
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