Texas police chief fatally shot during traffic stop

The police chief in a small Texas town just southeast of San Antonio was fatally shot Saturday while conducting a traffic stop.
Bexar County Sheriff Susan Parmerleau told KABB-TV that Elmendorf Police Chief Michael Pimentel was shot after pulling over Joshua Lopez, 24, to serve an active misdemeanor warrant for graffiti. Parmerleau told The Associated Press that Lopez shot Pimentel several times. He was struck in the shoulder and abdomen and pronounced dead at a hospital.
Lopez was taken into custody without incident, Parmerleau said, and was charged with capital murder for shooting a police officer.
Sheriff's spokeswoman Rosanne Hughes says investigators are looking into Lopez's background. Lopez remained in the Bexar County Adult Detention Center on Sunday. His bond was set at $1 million.