Authorities in Texas were hunting for a gunman accused of killing a detective after shooting him twice in the face while he was writing out a traffic ticket to a driver just outside of police headquarters.
“This is everyone’s worst nightmare. You never want to see anything like this happen,” said the San Antonio police Chief, who then ticked off several other cities that recently had police officers targeted and killed. “Unfortunately, like Dallas, like Baton Rouge, it’s happened here now.”
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called the San Antonio slaying a “horrific act of violence.” Abbott said in a statement that “attacks against law enforcement officers will not be tolerated in Texas and must be met with swift justice.”