TX Officer Shot Outside Grocery Store, Critically Wounded

A Mesquite, TX, officer responding to a disturbance was critically wounded after he was shot in the chest outside an Albertson’s grocery store in Mesquite.

“During the course of the investigation, an officer was shot and a male suspect was also shot,” police said in a statement.

Officials confirmed the officer and the suspect were both taken to the hospital in critical condition, CBSDFW reports.

The shooting happened around 1:40 p.m. during a traffic stop.

Witnesses told WFAA they heard around four to six gunshots,