Gunman kills two people and wounds three police officers in shootout

There have been a spate of shootings involving police officers in the United States in recent days (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

A gunman killed two people and wounded four others, including three police officers, before taking his own life in a home in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, police said on Sunday.

Haltom City Police detective Matt Spillane said none of those wounded in the shooting Saturday evening in a residential neighbourhood have life-threatening injuries.