ROCKWALL (WBAP/KLIF News ) – A kidnapping suspect was fatally shot by Rockwall police officers in a shootout Thursday night.
The incident started around 7 p.m. with a request from Fort Worth police to conduct a welfare check at a home in Rockwall.
Investigators later told Rockwall police the person involved in the welfare check was possibly involved in a kidnapping.
Around 7:30 p.m., Dallas police reached out to Rockwall police about a reported stabbing in Dallas involving the kidnapping of a woman and two children.
The suspect in both the Fort Worth and Dallas incidents were identified as the same person.
Rockwall officers found the suspect inside a home near Rockwall Parkway and Summerhill Drive around 8:20 p.m.
The department said when they tried to make contact with him he “exchanged gunfire with officers.”
The suspect was taken to nearby hospital where he later died. His identity has not been released.
The condition of the woman is unknown. The two children were found safe.
The Texas Rangers are investigating the shooting.
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