Texas city commissioner killed in gunbattle with police

Officers found his girlfriend with severe wounds caused by a knife or machete and her 4-year-old son with a head injury.

MISSION, Texas — A Texas city commissioner was fatally shot in an exchange of gunfirewith police and a sheriff's deputy who had responded to a domestic disturbance call at his home, authorities said.

Officers who responded to the call late Thursday at Sullivan City Commissioner Gabriel Salinas' home in Mission found his 39-year-old girlfriend with severe wounds caused by a knife or machete and her 4-year-old son with a head injury, said Robert Dominguez, the police chief in Mission, which sits along the Mexico border not far from Texas' southern tip.

They then encountered Salinas, 39, who opened fire, leading the officers to fire back, Dominguez said. Salinas barricaded himself inside the home and after several hours of failed attempts to contact him, officers sent in a robot that found him dead in a bedroom, the police chief said.

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