Police officer shot and killed at Texas Tech university, campus on lockdown

A police officer was shot and killed on Monday at the Texas Tech University campus police headquarters in Lubbock, the Associated Press reported.

The school was placed on lockdown and a special weapons and tactics (SWAT) team was currently looking for the suspect, a Lubbock police officer told Reuters.

University spokesman Chris Cook said that police were making a student welfare check when they found evidence of drugs inside the suspect's room.

Officers brought the suspect to the police station when he took out a gun and shot the officer in the head. The suspect fled the scene on foot.

The university twitter account advised people at the campus to "take shelter in a safe location."

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