(CNN) A police officer was shot and killed -- and the suspected shooter was seriously injured -- Friday as officers responded to a call about a disturbance in a small northwestern Louisiana community, authorities said. Doyline police Officer William "Billy" Earl Collins Jr. died after being shot in Doyline, a community about 20 miles east of Shreveport, Webster Parish Sheriff Jason Parker said in a news conference. Collins was one of three law enforcement officers who responded to the disturbance call in a Doyline neighborhood, Louisiana State Police Trooper Jonathon Odom said. Someone fired on the officers when they arrived, hitting Collins, Odom said. The shooter suffered life-threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital, Odom said, without saying how that person was injured.

Source: CNN July 10, 2021 13:51 UTC