2 dead in Dallas shooting, including off-duty officer

An off-duty Dallas police officer and a woman were pronounced dead after gunfire at the Lake Highlands Landing apartments Saturday night, police said.

The dead officer was identified as 40-year-old Larry Tuttle, a six-year veteran of the department assigned to the South Central Patrol Division.

"Preliminary investigation indicates that the female shot and killed Officer Tuttle prior to taking her own life," police spokesman Officer Juan Fernandez said in a written statement Sunday afternoon. Story at WFAA.com.

This story was originally published February 8, 2015 at 8:27 AM with the headline "2 dead in Dallas shooting, including off-duty officer."