A northeast Texas town is in mourning this Thanksgiving week after an officer on its police force died in the line of duty for the first time in over a century.

Police say an officer has been killed and a suspect wounded in a shooting in North Texas. Greenville Police Chief Chris Smith said in a statement Tuesday that Officer Cooper Dawson died in a hospital following the shooting Monday night.

A police officer was shot and killed during a shootout with a fleeing suspect in Greenville, Texas, on Monday, according to local law enforcement.

The Greenville Police Department (GPD) in Texas lost its first officer in the line of duty in more than a century Monday night. Officer Cooper Dawson, 27, was ambushed and fatally shot while pursuing a suspect following a traffic stop,