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UPDATED: Suspect identified in West Dallas shootout that killed Dallas police officer
Updated 10:59 p.m., March 25, 2007
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DALLAS Senior Cpl. Mark T. Nix, a 33-year-old Dallas police officer, died on Friday after being involved in a shootout in West Dallas.
He died at Parkland Memorial Hospital after being shot in the neck and chest.
The shootout occurred in the 4100 block of Bernal Drive after a short police chase on Mockingbird Lane. The suspect wrecked his car and then began shooting at police officers. He may have been high on meth.
Nix, who joined the police department six years ago, fought in the first Gulf War as a medic for the marines.
UPDATED: According to KRLD 1080 FM, Dallas police have identified Wesley Lynn Ruiz, 27, of Dallas as the suspect in the shooting. Meanwhile, FOX 4 reports that friends and fellow officers gathered Sunday to memoralize the officer.
Posted by T.G.
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