Individual Fatally Shoots Self After Firing at Plano Officer: Police

A person who was barricaded inside an apartment after opening fire on a Plano officer fatally shot themselves after an hours-long standoff with police, officials confirm.

Late Thursday morning, someone called 911, making concerning comments to the dispatch operator, according to police.

An officer responded to an apartment complex from which the call came in the 6400 block of Ohio Drive. While the officer was driving past an apartment building someone opened fire on the patrol vehicle, striking the officer.

A Plano police officer was shot while driving to a call on Ohio Drive Thursday.

The officer was treated for a non life-threatening injury and is expected to be OK.

The shooter, who has not been identified, then barricaded themselves inside an apartment.

After a standoff with officers that lasted several hours, police said the barricaded person shot themself and died.