A shooting in Rockwall killed one
woman on Saturday night. Police said they were forced to shoot her
ex-boyfriend after a police pursuit that lasted from Rockwall to
Greenville, Texas.
According to a Rockwall police
department news release, officers responded to a shooting call in the
2000 block of Summer Lee around 7:53 p.m. Saturday. Police found a male
and female victim with multiple gunshot wounds. Both were taken to the
hospital, where the female victim died.
Rockwall police identified the
suspect as the woman's ex-boyfriend, 47-year-old Anthony Dewayne Lewis.
Officers said Lewis fled east on Interstate 30.
Police told NBCDFW, the chase ended
about 45 minutes later with another shooting in Greenville on the
westbound service road of I-30. Police said the vehicle driven by Lewis
stopped after its tires were spiked and it hit a Texas Department of
Public Safety vehicle.
"The suspect then exited his vehicle,
pointed a handgun at the officers and was shot by officers on the
scene," the Rockwall police department release said. "The suspect was
transported to Presbyterian Hospital in Greenville, Texas. The suspect
was later flown to Parkland Hospital in Dallas for further treatment."
The police officers involved in the chase were not hurt.
The condition of the male shooting
victim in Rockwall has not been released. Rockwall Police Detectives are
looking into that shooting.
The Texas Rangers are investigating the shooting of the suspect in Greenville.
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