Alanna Gallagher Update: Texas officer shot while serving warrant in girl's slaying released from hospital
(CBS/AP) FORT WORTH - A North Texas police officer shot while serving a capital murder warrant in the slaying of 6-year-old Alanna Gallagher has been discharged from a hospital.
Arlington police say Detective Charles Lodatto was released Monday afternoon nearly a week after being wounded while investigating the death of Alanna.
The Saginaw girl's body was found July 1 wrapped in a tarp and dumped about a mile from her house. Officials say the girl was sexually assaulted and suffocated.
Officers on July 23 were serving a warrant at the Saginaw home of a neighbor - 17-year-old Tyler Holder - when he allegedly opened fire. An officer then shot Holder in the head. The teen is recovering in a hospital.
Holder faces a capital murder charge in the death of Alanna and an attempted capital murder charge in the shooting of Det. Lodatto.