1 officer killed, 4 wounded in standoff with Texas gunman Top Searches 1 officer killed, 4 wounded in standoff with Texas gunman AP / Updated: Jul 16, 2021, 09:09 IST FacebookTwitterLinkedinEMail Representational photo. LEVELLAND(TEXAS): One officer was killed and four others were wounded Thursday when a police standoff in a small West Texas city erupted in gunfire. The incident involved a man reported as possibly armed shortly after 1 pm. Thursday on a residential street in Levelland, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) west of Lubbock. The confrontation escalated quickly, gunfire erupted as the suspect barricaded himself inside a house, and a standoff ensued. Three of the wounded officers were taken to a Lubbock hospital. Sgt. Josh Bartlett of the Lubbock County Sheriff's Office was taken to Covenant Health Levelland hospital and died of his wounds, according to a sheriff's office statement. Bartlett was the commander of the sheriff's tactical unit.