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		</div><h6><span style="color: #403333;"><strong>Two Texas cops are shot dead while responding to domestic violence Saturday in the city of McAllen, Texas</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #403333;"><strong>Officers Edelmiro Garza and Ismael Chavez arrived to the home at around 3.30pm and were immediately gunned down upon trying to enter, police said</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #403333;"><strong> Garza and Chavez &#8216;did not draw their weapon, did not fire, did not stand a chance,&#8217; Police Chief Victor Rodriguez said </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #403333;"><strong>call before 23-year-old gunman turns the weapon on himself &#8211; as police chief says officers &#8216;did not stand a chance&#8217;</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #403333;"><strong>Other officers arrived to the scene and found the gunman, 23-year-old Audon Ignacio Caramillo, still in possession of a firearm </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #403333;"><strong>As cops yelled at the suspect to lower his weapon, Caramillo turned the gun on himself </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #403333;"><strong>Caramillo reportedly, had previously been arrested on drunken driving and assault charges</strong></span></h6>
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<h6><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;"><img class="alignnone wp-image-350788" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Edelmiro-Garza-left-and-Ismael-Chavez-right-1.jpg" alt="Edelmiro Garza [left], and Ismael Chavez [right] 1" width="679" height="491" /></span>Two police officers Edelmiro Garza [left], and Ismael Chavez [right], were fatally gunned down Saturday after responding to a domestic disturbance call at the home in the south side of the City of McAllen, Texas</h6>
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<div><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;">Two police officers were shot in the line of duty while responding to a domestic violence call in Texas, with the suspected gunmen killing himself once other cops arrived on the scene.</span></div>
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<div class="mol-img">McAllen Police Officers Edelmiro Garza and Ismael Chavez were fatally gunned down after responding to the call at the home at Queta Avenue and South 35th Street near Los Encinos Park.<br />
According to Police Chief Victor Rodriguez, the two officers arrived to the home at around 3.30pm and were immediately gunned down upon trying to enter, <a class="class" href="https://www.facebook.com/710KURV/photos/a.344471665955/10158664081280956/?type=3&;theater" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener">KURV</a> reports.</div>
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<h6><img class="alignnone wp-image-350803" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/McAllen-Police-Dept-are-mourning-the-deaths-of-fallen-Officers-Edelmiro-Garza-and-Ismael-Chavez-shot-by-Audon-Ignacio-Caramillo-left-1.jpg" alt="McAllen Police Dept are mourning the deaths of fallen Officers Edelmiro Garza and Ismael Chavez shot by Audon Ignacio Caramillo [left] 1" width="1099" height="487" />McAllen Police Dept are mourning the deaths of fallen Officers Edelmiro Garza and Ismael Chavez. The shooter Audon Ignacio Caramillo [left], allegedly shot and killed himself when other officers arrived on the scene</h6>
<h6><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;"><img class="alignnone wp-image-350797" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/McAllen-police-officer-hugs-a-mourner-at-McAllen-Medical-Center-after-two-cops-were-shot-1-1.jpg" alt="McAllen police officer hugs a mourner at McAllen Medical Center after two cops were shot 1" width="810" height="450" /></span>When other officers arrived to the scene Caramillo still was still in possession of a firearm. Rather than surrender, he turned the gun on himself</h6>
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<div class="mobile-gallery-icon"><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;">When other officers arrived to the scene the gunman, identified as 23-year-old Audon Ignacio Caramillo, allegedly still in possession of a firearm.<br />
As cops yelled at the suspect to lower his weapon, the man turned the gun on himself.<br />
&#8216;The officers did not draw their weapon, did not fire, did not stand a chance,&#8217; Rodriguez said, according to <a class="class" href="https://www.krgv.com/news/sources-2-officers-shot-in-south-mcallen" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener">KRGV</a>.<br />
Authorities share that Ignacio Caramillo had been previously arrested for drunken driving and for assault charges.<br />
The shooting is still under investigation.</span></div>
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<h6><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;"><img class="alignnone wp-image-350800" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Victor-Rodriguez-1.jpg" alt="Victor Rodriguez 1" width="867" height="572" /></span>The Officers were gunned down on arrival &#8211; &#8216;The officers did not draw their weapon, did not fire, did not stand a chance,&#8217; Police Chief Victor Rodriguez said at the press conference</h6>
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<div><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;">Police Chief Victor Rodriguez said &#8216;The officers did not draw their weapon, did not fire, did not stand a chance.&#8217;<br />
Authorities said that Audon Caramillo, the man who shot and killed the officers – before shooting himself – had previously been arrested on drunken driving and assault charges.</span></div>
<div class="mobile-gallery-icon"><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;">&#8216;This is devastating news to our community. My heart breaks for these fallen officers and their families,&#8217; Rep. Vicente Gonzalez said in a statement, <a class="class" href="https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/two-police-officers-shot-killed-in-mcallen" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener">CBS</a> reports.<br />
&#8216;They served McAllen bravely and honorably and I will keep them in my prayers.&#8217;<br />
Garza had been with the department for eight and a half years while Chavez had been with them for two and a half. </span></div>
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Two cops shot and killed while responding to domestic violence call in Texas – Alleged gunman, Audon Ignacio Caramillo, 23, turned the weapon on himself as police closed

