Custody exchange ends in deadly shooting at Allen shopping center, police said

A man has been killed and another wounded after a child custody exchange ended in gunfire Friday in the parking lot of an Allen shopping center, police said.

Officers were called before 6 p.m. to the scene on State Highway 121 near North Watters Road, according to the Allen Police Department.

"The preliminary investigation indicates that the incident occurred during a child custody exchange involving the father of the children and the mother's boyfriend," said Allen Police Officer Sammy Rippamonti. "An altercation occurred between the two men, resulting in both sustaining a gunshot wound."

Both men were taken to the hospital, where the victim, identified as the mother's boyfriend, died, police said.  

"The suspect, identified as the father of the children, was taken into custody without incident and remains hospitalized with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound," Rippamonti said.

The children who witnessed the gunfire were not physically injured, police said.

The suspect was identified Saturday as 48-year-old Jorge Jairala. The victim's identity has not yet been publicly shared.