Cedar Hill officer-involved shooting, standoff leaves 1 injured, 1 arrested

1 arrested in Cedar Hill officer-involved shooting

A man is in custody after police responding to a domestic disturbance call were met with gunfire early Monday, leading to a standoff that ended nearly two hours later.

CEDAR HILL, Texas - A man is in custody after police responding to a domestic disturbance call were met with gunfire early Monday, leading to a standoff that ended nearly two hours later.

Cedar Hill officer-involved shooting

Police identified the suspect as Dustin Hancock, 44, who surrendered to authorities hours after the initial confrontation.

Timeline:

According to police, it started just before 2 a.m. when Cedar Hill Police received a 911 call from a man on Sleepy Hollow Drive saying that people were trying to harm his family. He requested immediate assistance.

When officers were on their way, a second 911 call came in from a woman at the same address. The 911 dispatcher reported hearing what they believed was a gunshot while the woman was on the phone. 

When the officers arrived, someone from inside the home began shooting at the officers. Two officers returned fire. 

Two women from inside the home were evacuated and police said one was shot before officers arrived. She was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive. 

The suspect, Hancock, stayed inside the home. A tactical team was called to the scene and Hancock surrendered to police just after 3:30 a.m. 

Officials with the Cedar Hill Police Department said no officers were injured. 

What they're saying:

FOX 4 talked to a criminologist about how it all played out.

"In my judgment, based on this scenario, based upon what happened earlier today, we see that the outcomes are as good as it gets. In these types of situations whereby the officers go home at the end of the shift, the individual victim is gonna recover, and the bad guy goes to jail, which is where he belongs. And so, to me, this is the best case scenario in a very dangerous and fluid situation in law enforcement," Alex Del Carmen, a criminologist from Tarleton State University.

What's next:

Hancock is being booked into the DeSoto Jail on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and two counts of aggravated assault on a public servant.

The two officers involved in the shooting have been placed on administrative leave, a standard procedure following a critical incident. 

The Grand Prairie Police Department and the Dallas County District Attorney’s Public Integrity Unit will investigate the officer-involved shooting.