UPDATE: The armed suspect who was shot by an HPD officer began as a domestic violence dispute inside a Kingwood-area apartment, police said.
– An armed suspect was shot by a Houston police officer in the Kingwood area following a domestic violence incident Saturday morning, police say.
When officers arrived at the scene, which was an apartment complex, they went up to the 3rd floor and tried to make contact with someone at the apartment. Meanwhile, a female officer witnessed the suspect, who was armed, coming out of his apartment and onto his balcony, and began to scale down the building.
He fled from the officer and a brief foot pursuit began, not long before the officer lost sight of him.
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