[PJ] LEVELLEAND, Texas— A SWAT commander was killed and four of his officers were wounded in a standoff with a barricaded gunman 30 miles outside of Lubbock, Texas.SWAT Commander Sgt. Josh Bartlett of the Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office was taken to Covenant Health Levelland hospital, where he died of gunshot wounds, according to a sheriff’s office statement. Bartlett was the commander of the sheriff’s tactical unit and a nine-year veteran.
Omar Soto-Chavira, 22, was arrested after the violent standoff that lasted over ten hours. He had bonded out of jail four days earlier, after being arrested for assaulting various family members.