IT BEGAN WITH A POLICE PURSUIT!Charges are pending against a suspect wounded after he confronted officers at 5800 Hillsboro about 2:30 a.m. today (April 9).
The suspect, 31, was transported to Ben Taub General Hospital with a non-life threatening gunshot wound to his ankle. His identity is pending further investigation.
Officer C.T. Sanders, sworn in as an officer in March of 1993, discharged his duty weapon. He was not injured in the incident.
HPD Homicide Division Sergeants J. Rubio and M. McStravick reported:
Officer Sanders observed a suspicious vehicle at a motel in the vicinity of Lockwood and Interstate 10 East and attempted to initiate a traffic stop after the suspect committed various traffic violations. The suspect disregarded the officer and began to flee at a high rate of speed, initiating a short pursuit. The suspect was forced to stop because of a dead end street but exited his vehicle and began to run along railroad tracks. Officer Sanders pursued the suspect on foot, and continuously gave the suspect verbal commands to stop. As the suspect fled, he acted as if he had a weapon in his waist band area, and at one point made a motion in which he appeared to be pulling a weapon. Officer Sanders, believing the suspect was armed and about to shoot him, discharged his duty weapon one time, striking the suspect.
Does HPD have a form letter response to police shootings? They ALWAYS say the suspect "made a motion" or "had something shiny."
ReplyDeleteWhy don't they just be honest and say, "yeah, I got tired of chasing the guy...so I shot him."
I'm glad the officer did what he did. In some of my classes I actually read the law and the officer had every legal right to shoot this individual who acted as though he had a gun. If the crook can't follow the law like the rest of society and wants to play with fire like he did, he might just get burned. The officer does not have to be injured to appease whiny people who break the law all the time.
ReplyDeleteGood job officer.