A Houston police officer has been relieved of duty after he allegedly shot his wife in the face with a rifle on Monday.
Galib Waheed Chowdhury, 31, who was arrested just after midnight in the 10000 block of Clay Road, is charged with aggravated assault of a family member with serious bodily injury., when police arrived at the scene they found a 30-year-old woman with a gunshot wound to the face.The woman, who has been identified as Chowdhury’s wife, was transported to a nearby trauma center for emergency surgery.
Chowdhury has been an officer with the Houston Police Department since March 2021. He was assigned to the Northwest Patrol Division and has been relieved of duty pending an administrative investigation. The shooting is being investigated by the HPD Special Investigations Unit, Internal Affairs Division and the Harris County District Attorney’s Office.
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