A sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed in his home by a police officer Monday morning in Nocona, Texas, television station KDFW reported.
The officer was responding to a reported disturbance at the home of Montague County deputy Larry Hostetter, Nocona Police Chief Kent Holcomb told KDFW. While at the home, the officer reportedly shot Hostetter, who was taken to a hospital and later died, KDFW reported.
The identity of the police officer was not released to KDFW but Holcomb told the station he was not hurt in the incident.
Neither Holcomb nor Sheriff Paul Cunningham would discuss the disturbance call or the events leading to the fatal shooting with the station.
According to KDFW, Texas Rangers are conducting the investigation into the incident.
