Police from Hitchcock, Texas, shot and killed a man suspected of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old child. The 54-year-old man allegedly met the child through social media.
Hitchcock police officers attempted to serve an arrest warrant on George Alejandro March 7. After receiving information regarding Alejandro’s location in southeast Houston, officers arrived and the suspect fled in an “18-wheeler-style truck,” KHOU CBS 11 reported.
Two officers fired their weapons at the subject an unknown number of times. Alejandro later died at Memorial Herman Hospital in Houston. During the interview, he admitted to meeting the child near her school after establishing a relationship with her via social media, Fox 26 HoustonOfficials did not disclose the date of the alleged sexual assault.
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