Heartbreaking Final Moments Of Murdered Officer Recorded By Dispatch: TELL MY FAMILY I LOVE THEM

Toledo, Ohio-An officer who was responding to a call in a store parking lot was shot and killed early Saturday morning by an intoxicated man holding a beer, police said.

Toledo Officer Anthony Dia was shot in the chest just after midnight in the parking lot of a Home Depot, and later pronounced dead at a hospital, Police Chief George Kral said at a news conference.

Witnesses told police the man shot the officer with a handgun and then went into a wooded area. At some point, officers heard a single gunshot coming from the woods, Kral said. The gunman, only described as a 57-year-old white male, was found dead of an apparent gunshot wound to the head around 3:15 a.m.

Officer Dia's final words were captured by dispatch, telling the dispatcher to let his family know he loves them.