UPDATE! Levelland, Texas:
Four officers were shot and wounded in Levelland as part of a barricaded subject situation Thursday afternoon in the 1100 block of 10th Street.
The call started at 1:12 p.m. for someone who was “possibly armed.” Levelland officers located the person and then the “situation escalated”.
An officer at the scene confirmed at the scene that an officer died. At 6:57 p.m., the Associated Press published the name statewide and said the officer who lost his life was Lubbock County Sheriff’s Sergeant Josh Bartlett.
The Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that two officers were LCSO deputies, one was a Levelland Police Officer and one was a Hockley County Deputy.
Initially Levelland Police said three officers were wounded but later that was updated to four.
At this time, local law enforcement is dealing with a barricaded subject in the 1100 block of 10th Street, between Ave J & Ave I
