COP WHO ALLEGEDLY THREW TEAR GAS LIKE DEVICE AT RODEO FIRED!

Mike Hamby 

FOX 26 NEWS HAS LEARNED A VETERAN HOUSTON POLICE OFFICER HAS BEEN FIRED...

IT WAS AT THIS YEAR'S HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO WHEN OFFICER MIKE HAMBY WAS ACCUSED OF THROWING SOME TYPE OF SMOKE BOMB OR TEAR GAS TYPE DEVICE INTO A BARBECUE TENT.

THAT'S AFTER HE REPORTEDLY BECAME ANGRY WITH A GROUP PEOPLE.

A SPOKESPERSON FOR HPD CONFIRMS HAMBY, WHO WAS OFF DUTY DURING THE TIME OF THE EVENT, HAS BEEN TERMINATED FROM THE DEPARTMENT.

HE'S BEEN WITH HPD SINCE 1980.