| Houston police are investigating the fatal shooting of an armed suspect by two HPD officers at 5800 Dashwood Drive about 8:45 p.m. on Thursday (July 27).
The identity of the deceased male is pending notification to family members by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.
Officers J. George and B. Taveras, who discharged their duty weapons, were not injured. Officer George is assigned to the Southwest Patrol Division and was sworn in as an officer in September 2019. Officer Taveras is assigned to the South Gessner Patrol Division and was sworn in as an officer in December 2018.
HPD Special Investigations Unit Sergeant M. Ynosencio, Senior Police Officers N. Alvarado and T. Vaca and Officers V. Praxedes and O. Flores reported:
Crime Suppression Team officers were searching for a Toyota Tundra stolen in an aggravated robbery earlier in the day when they located the vehicle in an apartment complex located at 6600 Dunlap Street. However, because of the angle of the vehicle, the officers were unable to tell if anyone was in the vehicle. Officers watched the entrance/exits of the complex and, shortly after, spotted the vehicle (occupied by one person) leave the apartment complex. When officers attempted to conduct a felony traffic stop in a marked police vehicle, the suspect fled from officers. After a short vehicle pursuit, the suspect crashed the vehicle on Renwick Drive, exited the vehicle and ran into an apartment complex at 5800 Dashwood Drive. As pursuing officers approached the suspect, officers stated the male raised a pistol and pointed it at them. Two officers discharged their weapons and struck the suspect. Officers administered first aid to the suspect before paramedics transported the male to Memorial Hermann Hospital – Texas Medical Center, where he was pronounced deceased.
As is customary in HPD officer-involved shooting incidents in the city limits, the case is being investigated by the Special Investigations Unit, the Internal Affairs Division and the Harris County District Attorney’s Office.
JKS/JFC 7-28-23
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