Texas sheriff’s deputy killed in shooting at gas station
A sheriff’s deputy has been shot and killed in the US state of Texas after responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle near a gas station.
The Harris County Sheriff’s deputy was shot once in the head and three times in the back Friday night, Fox affiliate KRIV reports.
The unidentified officer died from his injuries at the scene.
An active manhunt in the area is underway for the gunman, who allegedly walked up to the officer and shot him repeatedly.
Amid growing tensions between police and American citizens, the number of US police officers who died while on duty increased significantly last year compared to the year before, according to statistics released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
A total of 51 officers were killed in 2014, an 89 percent increase from 2013, when 27 officers were killed, data from the FBI showed in May.
Analysts believe tensions between police and citizens have reached an all-time high over the past several months. Large-scale protests have been triggered around the country against police brutality and racial injustice in the past year.
Nearly 800 people were killed by police since the beginning of 2015, according to data collected by an activist group known as Killed By Police.
The actual figure, however, could be much higher because the database only includes confirmed police killings.
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