There is a heavy police presence at 10310 East Freeway after a police shooting involving the Houston Police Department following an vehicle theft.
Houston police are at the scene of an officer-involved shooting in Jacinto City, officials say.According to the Houston Police Department Assistant Chief Megan Howard, an officer fired his weapon after a vehicle theft at 10310 East Freeway involving two suspects.Multiple departments were investigating auto-thieves in the area when they noticed the suspects in an SUV participating in "pre-theft behavior.
In an attempt to stop the driver, the officer shot at the vehicle two times.Howard says the suspect stopped, got out of the red truck, and ran across multiple lanes of East Freeway into a neighborhood. Officers tried to keep eyes on the suspect as they followed them and began setting up a perimeter.Residents in the area aided officers' search and the suspect was soon found hiding in a shed, Howard reports.
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