Murder suspect 'presumed dead' after 2 Edinburg officers wounded in La Joya shootout, standoff
LA JOYA — A capital murder suspect who shot at least two Edinburg police officers is "presumed dead" after several exchanges of gunfire Tuesday evening, Hidalgo County Sheriff Eddie Guerra said.
The hours-long standoff ended after authorities rammed the door, deployed tear gas and exchanged gunfire, Guerra said.
The shooter, Joaquin Cibrian, is assumed to be dead, but authorities will not have that confirmed until they clear the house of explosives he said he'd rigged inside.
"The threat has been taken care of and he's presumed dead at this time," Guerra said at about 9 p.m. Tuesday.
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