Gabriel Bixby, 29, had served with the department since 2018 and was assigned to the Northeast Patrol Division.

A Dallas police officer was killed Tuesday in a “major accident” in Hunt County, Dallas police officials confirmed to The Dallas Morning News. Officer Gabriel Bixby, 29, was off duty and traveling on a motorcycle when the crash occurred in Royse City, a small city about 30 miles east of Dallas, police officials told The News.

The Dallas Police Department has launched an investigation into an officer-involved shooting Tuesday afternoon.The shooting took place in the 11000 block of Joaquin Drive, DPD said in an X post. DPD sources told WFAA a person was waving a gun at motorists and when officers got to the scene the suspect refused to drop his weapon,