A Spanish national police officer was killed and another was seriously injured Tuesday morning in Oviedo when a backpack exploded as officers responded to a neighborhood dispute in which a woman had been shot^1,3.

Police said they were called after an argument between neighbors and found a woman with gunshot wounds¹. DW, citing local media, said the dispute involved two families and that the wounded woman was expected to recover, though the reason for the shooting was not established³.

While looking for the suspected attacker, officers found a backpack they treated as suspicious and called the explosives-disposal unit and a canine team¹. BBC reported the bag had a flashing light¹. DW said a TEDAX explosives officer and a canine handler approached it³.

A police spokesman, Pedro Aguado, said the blast occurred as the package was being moved outside to protect residents¹. The dead officer was a member of the canine unit; the injured officer was from the bomb-disposal unit^1,3. BBC said a three-year-old police dog named Deny was also killed¹.

The suspect fled and remained at large^1,3. DW, citing El País, said the person sought was a 64-year-old Spanish national with a reported history of petty crime, and that his wife had been detained³. BBC named the dead officer as Juan José¹.

Police cordoned off the area, which DW placed around Rafael Urrusti Street in the Villafria neighborhood³. A search for the suspect continued¹.

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said he was shocked by the incident and paid tribute to the injured officer, BBC reported; opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo offered condolences¹. The police union JUPOL expressed sorrow, DW reported³. Reuters listed the same core event in a headline this desk could not fully open².