OnScene TV An “armed suspect” was shot by officers in Houston, police say.
An “armed suspect” was shot and wounded by police officers during an incident on Valencia Drive on December 10, 2021, Houston Police say. According to police, the suspect fired at officers, who returned fire. No officers were injured. The man was taken to a local hospital, police said. His condition was not immediately known.
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Video From the Scene Showed Dozens of Officers Investigating
Houston Police said on Twitter, “HPD commanders & PIO are en route to an officer-involved shooting in 10200 block of Valencia Dr in NE Houston. Prelim info is HPD officers discharged weapons, striking an armed suspect who fired at officers. Suspect was taken to hospital. No other info at this time.”
Police tweeted about the shooting about 2:50 p.m., but exactly when the incident occurred was not immediately available. Police have released few details about the incident. The man who was shot has not been identified. Police have also not released the names of any officers involved or said if the shooting was captured on body camera video.
Video from the scene showed several police vehicles and dozens of officers. An ambulance could be seen leaving the area. The condition of the man who was shot by police was not immediately known. Heavy has reached out to the Houston Police for more information and will update as more is revealed.
Police Have Fired Their Weapons During 29 Incidents in 2021
OnScene TVPolice are investigating after an “armed suspect” was shot by officers in Houston.
The December 10, 2021, incident is the 29th time that Houston Police Department officers have fired their weapons in 2021, according to the Houston Police website. There have been 11 people killed by police in Houston in 2021 and eight others wounded. In 10 incidents, no one was injured, according to police.
The most recent deadly shooting occurred on November 11, 2021, when Houston Police SWAT officers shot and killed a suspect at the end of a pursuit that was started by Harris County Precinct 4 constables. Houston Police recently released body cam video in that shooting. The suspect opened fire on police in a shopping center parking lot and officers returned fire, video shows.
Two people were killed by police in Houston in September, including a 29-year-old man on September 20 and a 39-year-old man on September 1. Houston Police say on the website, “This site depicts only those OIS scenes where a HPD officer discharged his or her weapon in the performance of his or her duties. It does NOT reflect accidental discharges where no injury occurred or the intentional shooting of vicious animals.”
Police added, “All OIS scenes occurring within the jurisdictional limits of HPD are independently investigated by multiple divisions and agencies.” Police say “typical entities that will respond directly to the scene and perform duties associated with the investigation,” include the department’s homicide and internal affairs divisions and the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, including its civil rights division and DA’s investigators.
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