Cooper Dawson, a 28-year-old North Texas police officer, was fatally shot following a traffic stop Monday night.

As Greenville and all of North Texas mourns fallen Greenville Police Officer Cooper Dawson, CBS News Texas' sat down with someone who knew Dawson before he ever put on the badge. "This was his ultimate dream to be a police officer and serve his community he had that servant heart,

A police officer and a suspect shot each other in an exchange of gunfire, according to the Greenville Police Department. Officer Cooper Dawson died at the hospital.