Overview
- Detectives conducting undercover surveillance followed a vehicle to the RaceTrac on International Parkway and, after attempting to approach the occupants, exchanged gunfire with at least one suspect in the early morning hours of Wednesday.
- One male suspect was struck by officer gunfire, rendered aid at the scene and taken to a hospital where he reportedly went into surgery, while a second suspect was hospitalized for an injury unrelated to the shooting and two others were arrested.
- Authorities said the four people in the vehicle included one adult and three juveniles, so names and images of the juveniles are being withheld under state law.
- Plano detectives involved in the shooting have been placed on administrative leave and the case is being investigated by Carrollton police with Plano’s Professional Standards Unit and the Denton County DA participating to review tactics and potential charges.
- Officials have declined to release key operational details including suspect identities, the number of officers who fired, the burglary evidence under investigation, or current medical conditions, and those facts are expected to be clarified as the probe and prosecutorial review proceed.