A man fatally shot a Texas sheriff's deputy Wednesday at a shopping plaza in Houston and then evaded officers for hours before shooting a K-9 that helped find him hiding under trash in a dumpster, authorities said.
Rocky was shot by Robert Lee Davis , the man suspected of fatally shooting Brazoria County Deputy Jesus Vargas , according to authorities.A man fatally shot a Texas sheriff's deputy Wednesday at a shopping plaza in Houston and then evaded officers for hours before shooting a K-9 that helped find him hiding under trash in a dumpster, authorities said.
"What has happened is extremely tragic," T. Michael O'Connor, the U.S. Marshal of the Southern District of Texas, said at a news conference. Authorities said Vargas was trying to serve an arrest warrant Wednesday morning when the suspect opened fire on him. The suspect then fled the scene, setting off a large-scale search that included helicopters, K-9 units and multiple law enforcement agencies.
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