Two Texas Tech police officers shot, suspect killed on campus

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2 TTU officers shot, suspect killed (Source: KCBD NewsChannel 11)

LUBBOCK, Texas - Two Texas Tech police officers were shot, and the suspect was killed in an officer-involved shooting in a campus parking lot overnight Monday.

What we know:

Texas Tech Police Department officers were investigating a suspicious vehicle in a parking lot on campus around 12:45 a.m. Tuesday in the 2700 block of Marsha Sharp Freeway. When officers approached the vehicle parked in an area where it wasn't supposed to be, with the doors open, a person near the vehicle, who was making "some furtive gestures around the vehicle," pulled out a gun and began firing, police say. Officers returned fire, striking the suspect. The suspect died at the scene.

Both Texas Tech police officers sustained non-life-threatening injuries during the incident and were transported to a nearby hospital. They are both in stable condition and are expected to recover. Their names have not been released.

One officer has been released from the hospital and the other is still getting treatment for his injuries.

The Lubbock Metropolitan Special Crimes Unit is investigating the officer-involved shooting.

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What we don't know:

The identity of the suspect has not yet been released by the medical examiner's office, nor have the identities of the officers. Officials with the Texas Tech Police Department say the suspect's name will not be released until next-of-kin are notified.

The TTU Police Chief says the suspect has no affiliation with the university, according to the information gathered so far in the investigation.

Dig deeper:

This is not the first shooting at Texas Tech University that involved campus police. 

On October 9, 2017, Texas Tech Police Officer Floyd East Junior was shot and killed inside the university’s police department. A student, Hollis Daniels III, was convicted of his murder. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

He is housed in the Byrd Unit located in Huntsville, Texas.