A 19-year-old driver was killed and a McKinney police officer was wounded on Sunday night after a single-car crash on Wilmeth Road turned into a confrontation in which two officers opened fire, the McKinney Police Department said. The driver, identified by police as Jair Ruenes Galvan, 19, was taken to Medical City McKinney with life-threatening injuries and later died there.

Source: The Dallas Focal — McKinney Police Department statement

FOX 4 News reported that the wounded officer is recovering and is expected to survive, and that the shooting happened at about 8 p.m. near the 1700 block of Wilmeth Road, just east of the Central Expressway (US 75). Investigators worked at the cordoned-off scene through the night, photographing a silver sedan and placing numbered markers beside evidence spread across the pavement.

Source: FOX 4 News (KDFW), Good Day report

What police say happened

According to the police account reported by The Dallas Focal, officers were called at about 7:50 p.m. on Sunday, November 8, to the 1700 block of Wilmeth Road for a report of a one-car crash. When officers approached the driver, police said, he became uncooperative and did not follow their commands.

A physical struggle followed, and during that struggle officers fired their weapons, police said. Two McKinney officers were involved in the incident. One officer was struck by gunfire and was taken to a local hospital with injuries that police described as non-life-threatening. Galvan was transported to Medical City McKinney, where he later died.

Texas Rangers take over the investigation

The Texas Rangers — the investigative division of the Texas Department of Public Safety — have taken over the investigation, which remains ongoing. Both officers involved have been placed on paid administrative leave, which the department described as standard practice under McKinney Police Department policy after an officer-involved shooting.

In a statement, the department said it recognizes the seriousness of the event and is committed to a thorough and transparent investigation. Police have asked anyone with information about the crash or the confrontation to contact investigators.

Why an outside inquiry matters

In Texas, it is routine for an outside agency — most often the Texas Rangers — to lead the criminal investigation when a local officer shoots someone, so that the department involved is not investigating its own officers. Departments also typically run a separate internal review of whether their own policies were followed. McKinney is one of the fast-growing suburbs of Collin County, on the US 75 corridor north of Dallas, and the Rangers' findings will shape whether the shooting is judged lawful — a process that usually takes weeks or months.

What happens next

The Rangers are expected to gather officer and witness statements, video and forensic evidence from the Wilmeth Road scene. The wounded officer is expected to recover, FOX 4 reported. No charges, inquest findings or video releases had been announced by Monday morning, and police have not said when the next update will come.