Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies investigate an officer-involved shooting along the East Freeway on Wednesday, April 30, 2020.
Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies investigate an officer-involved shooting along the East Freeway on Wednesday, April 30, 2020.
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Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies investigate an officer-involved shooting along the East Freeway on Wednesday, April 30, 2020.
Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies investigate an officer-involved shooting along the East Freeway on Wednesday, April 30, 2020.
Photo: OnScene.TV
Driver injured in shootout with police after lengthy pursuit ends in Baytown
A man who led deputies on a lengthy pursuit in and around Houston Wednesday night was injured in a shootout after he opened fire on several police officers, authorities say.
Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies spotted the driver speeding along Interstate 10 near Uvalde and attempted to stop his car, but he refused to pull over, according to Baytown Police Department Lt. Steve Dorris. The pursuit ran west along I-10 toward the West Loop, where the driver hopped on the Loop and drove around to I-10 East again.
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There, Baytown officers joined in the pursuit and deployed spike strips to stop the car. As the driver stopped, he allegedly pulled a gun and started shooting at the officers, Dorris said.
One Baytown officer and three HCSO deputies returned fire, striking the suspect in the legs. He was airlifted to Memorial Hermann Hospital, where he is expected to survive, Dorris said.
Officers found a firearm in the car but little else to indicate why the man fled from officers in the first place.
“Sometimes, we never know the reason why,” Dorris said.
This is at least the sixth officer-involved shooting in and around Houston in April.
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On April 3, a Houston police officers executing an arrest warrant inside a southwest Houston home shot a suspect who “popped” out from hiding behind insulation in the house’s attic. Then on April 16, a Harris County sheriff’s deputy shot a man in the legs after a short pursuit in the north part of the county.
Both of those suspects were expected to survive.
On April 21, a 27-year-old man who was allegedly stabbing himself in the arm was shot and killed by Houston officers, who say the man reached for a stun gun and lunged toward the officers.
That same day, a man was killed by a plain-clothes Harris County sheriff’s deputy after the two exchanged words. The deputy was part of a task force waiting to arrest a capital murder suspect in a southwest Harris County neighborhood when he was approached by a neighbor who was trying to protect a home on his block.
On Monday, Houston police killed a man who taunted them with gunfire after sitting on his porch and firing at random for nearly 30 minutes. Officers said the man eventually pointed the gun at them, which is when they opened fire.
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