The now-former HPD officer, Galib Chowdhury, was immediately relieved of duty, arrested, and charged after his wife was hospitalized and underwent emergency surgery.
A 31-year-old police officer will be charged after Chief Troy Finner said the man shot his wife in the face during an argument overnight Monday.A 31-year-old police officer was charged and immediately relieved of duty after being accused of shooting his wife in the face, the Houston Police Department announced on Monday.
Sources told ABC13 that the officer accused in the disturbance is Galib Chowdhury. In an update, HPD sent a press release, confirming that Chowdhury was charged with aggravated assault of a family member with serious bodily injury. Authorities responded to a call just after midnight at an apartment in the 10300 block of Clay Road near Shadowdale in northwest Houston. When police arrived, they found the 30-year-old woman had been shot in the face and arrested Chowdhury.Finner told ABC13 the rifle used in the shooting was not assigned to the officer by the department. In fact, all the weapons owned by officers are personally owned, HPD said.
"We've been through more than blood sisters have. So we're just - we're still in shock. Just pray that she's OK," another close friend said."You see it TV and movies and you just shut the TV off, and that's it. You don't think it's going to happen to you," one of the victim's friends said. The women hope that others who may find themselves in a similar situation will reach out to their friends and family for help.
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