Woman killed by police after chase
League City, HPD officers shoot robbery suspect
By ROSANNA RUIZ
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle
A 26-year-old woman accused of stealing beer from a League City convenience store was fatally shot by police Monday following an early morning chase through parts of three cities, authorities said.
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The woman was one of two suspected of robbing a store in the 1800 block of West FM 646 around midnight Sunday, said League City Police Lt. James Spencer. She was identified late Monday as Bridget Clare Dolan, of Pearland.
A League City patrol officer spotted the women's dark-colored pickup at Texas 3 and Main Street. The officer tried to stop the truck as it headed west on Main, but the women sped off, Spencer said.
The pair led League City and Houston officers on a chase that whipped through Webster and into Houston. In Webster, the truck stopped in a wooded area where police believe the passenger was dropped off. Police planned to review videotape from the convenience store for a description of the woman passenger, Spencer said.
Eventually, Dolan stopped at an apartment complex in the 600 block of Barringer in Houston, where she ended up outside Yvette Gonzalez's door.
Gonzalez said she heard the commotion and peered out her window and saw several police officers. She then heard her doorknob rattling.
"She was trying to get in," Gonzalez said. "I looked out the peep hole and saw her (holding) a gun to her head."
Gonzalez said she grabbed her infant son and fell to the floor.
The officers were "yelling, 'Put the gun down! We'll talk to you! Put the gun down,' " Spencer said.
Dolan's gun was shot out of her hand, but she picked it up and pointed it at the officers, he said. Houston police officer K.W. Rogers and League City police Sgt. P.R. Odin shot the woman several times, Spencer said.
Dolan was taken to Ben Taub General Hospital, where she died.
Rogers was placed on administrative duty, typical after shootings, while Odin is on paid administrative leave.
It was the third shooting involving Houston police in a week.
Michael Wayne Brooks, 41, was fatally shot at 3 a.m. Wednesday in the 9400 block of Richmond, while waving a .380-caliber semiautomatic handgun. Investigators said he was shot after he pointed the gun at officers.
On Tuesday, a suspected thief was shot during an early morning confrontation with off-duty Houston police officer Noe J. Hernandez and the officer's father outside their homes in the 11700 block of Biscayne Way.
According to police, Hernandez's father, Jaime Castilla Hernandez, 57, called 911 and his son, who lives across the street, after seeing three men breaking into a Ford Expedition in a neighbor's driveway. Noe Hernandez fired when one of the men pointed a weapon at him, police said. Two of the men fled in a minivan, leaving behind the third, who had been shot in the head, police said.
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League City, HPD officers shoot robbery suspect
By ROSANNA RUIZ
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle
A 26-year-old woman accused of stealing beer from a League City convenience store was fatally shot by police Monday following an early morning chase through parts of three cities, authorities said.
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The woman was one of two suspected of robbing a store in the 1800 block of West FM 646 around midnight Sunday, said League City Police Lt. James Spencer. She was identified late Monday as Bridget Clare Dolan, of Pearland.
A League City patrol officer spotted the women's dark-colored pickup at Texas 3 and Main Street. The officer tried to stop the truck as it headed west on Main, but the women sped off, Spencer said.
The pair led League City and Houston officers on a chase that whipped through Webster and into Houston. In Webster, the truck stopped in a wooded area where police believe the passenger was dropped off. Police planned to review videotape from the convenience store for a description of the woman passenger, Spencer said.
Eventually, Dolan stopped at an apartment complex in the 600 block of Barringer in Houston, where she ended up outside Yvette Gonzalez's door.
Gonzalez said she heard the commotion and peered out her window and saw several police officers. She then heard her doorknob rattling.
"She was trying to get in," Gonzalez said. "I looked out the peep hole and saw her (holding) a gun to her head."
Gonzalez said she grabbed her infant son and fell to the floor.
The officers were "yelling, 'Put the gun down! We'll talk to you! Put the gun down,' " Spencer said.
Dolan's gun was shot out of her hand, but she picked it up and pointed it at the officers, he said. Houston police officer K.W. Rogers and League City police Sgt. P.R. Odin shot the woman several times, Spencer said.
Dolan was taken to Ben Taub General Hospital, where she died.
Rogers was placed on administrative duty, typical after shootings, while Odin is on paid administrative leave.
It was the third shooting involving Houston police in a week.
Michael Wayne Brooks, 41, was fatally shot at 3 a.m. Wednesday in the 9400 block of Richmond, while waving a .380-caliber semiautomatic handgun. Investigators said he was shot after he pointed the gun at officers.
On Tuesday, a suspected thief was shot during an early morning confrontation with off-duty Houston police officer Noe J. Hernandez and the officer's father outside their homes in the 11700 block of Biscayne Way.
According to police, Hernandez's father, Jaime Castilla Hernandez, 57, called 911 and his son, who lives across the street, after seeing three men breaking into a Ford Expedition in a neighbor's driveway. Noe Hernandez fired when one of the men pointed a weapon at him, police said. Two of the men fled in a minivan, leaving behind the third, who had been shot in the head, police said.
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