TheeBadOne
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Houston police fatally shot a robbery suspect this morning when they say he reached for his weapon despite being warned not to.
The suspect, whose identity has not yet been released, had two wounds. Investigators believe an officer who fired at the man inflicted at least one of the wounds.
A Diamond Shamrock store in the 9200 block of Richmond was robbed at gunpoint just after 5 a.m. A female employee sounded a silent alarm that summoned officers to the store.
The first officer to arrive saw a male leaving the store and saw the clerk signaling that the man was the robber, investigators said.
The robber spotted the officer and fled on foot, running around the side of the building and then along its back, through the long parking lot of a strip center, police said.
As he ran, police said the man threw down cash. The man also had taken videotape from the store's surveillance camera at gunpoint.
Other officers arrived at the scene, and HPD spokesman John Cannon said one officer pulled his patrol car across an alley so that the suspect was between the patrol car and a chain link fence.
When the suspect reached into his jacket, Cannon said the officer saw the suspect's .38-caliber handgun, and ordered him twice not to touch it, then fired at least two shots.
The man was shot in the head and the chest. Shell casings found at the scene indicate the suspect's gun also discharged, but the officer told investigators he did not recall being fired upon. An autopsy will be conducted to determine which weapon caused the suspect's wounds.
The homicide and internal affairs divisions of the Houston Police Department, as well as the civil rights division of the Harris County District Attorney's office, are investigating the shooting.
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Sounds like a good example of action beats reaction. Even with the Officer holding his gun on the robber, he was able to grab it at least enough to fire a round before the Officer ended it. I wonder how close the round came to the Officer or if it discharged as a result of being shot and his grip tightening (before he got a bead on the Officer).
The suspect, whose identity has not yet been released, had two wounds. Investigators believe an officer who fired at the man inflicted at least one of the wounds.
A Diamond Shamrock store in the 9200 block of Richmond was robbed at gunpoint just after 5 a.m. A female employee sounded a silent alarm that summoned officers to the store.
The first officer to arrive saw a male leaving the store and saw the clerk signaling that the man was the robber, investigators said.
The robber spotted the officer and fled on foot, running around the side of the building and then along its back, through the long parking lot of a strip center, police said.
As he ran, police said the man threw down cash. The man also had taken videotape from the store's surveillance camera at gunpoint.
Other officers arrived at the scene, and HPD spokesman John Cannon said one officer pulled his patrol car across an alley so that the suspect was between the patrol car and a chain link fence.
When the suspect reached into his jacket, Cannon said the officer saw the suspect's .38-caliber handgun, and ordered him twice not to touch it, then fired at least two shots.
The man was shot in the head and the chest. Shell casings found at the scene indicate the suspect's gun also discharged, but the officer told investigators he did not recall being fired upon. An autopsy will be conducted to determine which weapon caused the suspect's wounds.
The homicide and internal affairs divisions of the Houston Police Department, as well as the civil rights division of the Harris County District Attorney's office, are investigating the shooting.
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Sounds like a good example of action beats reaction. Even with the Officer holding his gun on the robber, he was able to grab it at least enough to fire a round before the Officer ended it. I wonder how close the round came to the Officer or if it discharged as a result of being shot and his grip tightening (before he got a bead on the Officer).
is that normal? If not, what did the cop do to warrant it?