Irving police officer involved in shooting at Baylor Scott & White Irving hospital

Top Stories in Dallas - Fort Worth, June 29

IRVING, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) - An Irving police officer was involved in a shooting June 29 at Baylor Scott & White Irving hospital.

During a press conference, police said a nurse noticed a patient inside an emergency room had a gun and was acting erratically. The nurse alerted both hospital police and the Irving Police Department.

Michael McPhail, 34, was in his hospital room when officers were talking to him, investigating the concern with the gun. As officers tried to to talk McPhail into dropping the gun, McPhail fired his weapon before officers shot and killed him.

Irving police said that there is no threat to the community and the suspect is dead.

There are no other injuries reported.

This story is developing.

Julia Falcon

Julia Falcon is a digital content producer at CBS News Texas. Julia has previously written for news outlets across Dallas-Fort Worth like the Denton Record-Chronicle, D Magazine, 1080 KRLD and 105.3 The Fan. She covers a span of topics, focusing on sports and trending topics. Every week, Julia produces a show called "Eye on Trending," where she answers top trending questions.