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Posted: Sunday, January 21, 2018 06:32 PM

Texas Tech Police Officer Fatally Shot In Head By Student Late Monday Night

LUBBOCK, Tex. (CBS DFW) - A Texas Tech police officer was fatally shot in the head by a student Monday night, according to a campus spokesperson.

Campus police were making a welfare check on 19-year-old Hollis Daniels. When they entered the room, they found drug paraphernalia, according to the statement from the University. When officers were taking Daniels to the station for questioning, he pulled out a gun and fatally shot an officer in the head.

One student, Lainey La Rue Garner was inside her dorm and watched SWAT officers swarm outside.

“I locked my doors, locked my door, I even put a couch in front of my door just in case, because, all of these cops are outside of my dorm specifically, so that was kind of freaky,” said Garner.

Daniels fled on foot and was at-large for at least an hour after the shooting. The campus was on lockdown until he was caught.

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ALL-CLEAR: The suspect has been apprehended. Lockdown lifted on campus. Avoid TTUPD, north side of campus. http://emergency.ttu.edu .