CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A Corpus Christi Independent School District police officer was involved in a fatal officer-involved shooting at the Walmart on the Westside of the city, according to the Corpus Christi Police department.
According to CCPD's Deputy Chief of the Criminal Investigation Division Billy Breedlove, CCPD received a call for backup from an off-duty CCISD officer at about 4:45 p.m.
The CCISD officer had been working in an off-duty capacity and approached a man in the parking lot that he suspected had been shoplifting inside Walmart.
The officer was somehow dragged into the man's moving vehicle and fired his gun several times, fatally wounding the shoplifter. The officer then fell out of the vehicle, sustaining some injuries.
CCPD used a drone to track down the vehicle, and they pronounced the driver dead at the scene. He has not been identified at this time.
According to CCISD's Chief Kirby, CCPD will be conducting a criminal and administrative investigation. Per protocol, the officer has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome.
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