HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM) – Four Houston Police officers were shot Monday afternoon while serving a narcotics warrant in Southeast Houston.
A fifth officer suffered a knee injury.
Police had thought five officers had been shot at first.
One of the officers who was shot in the shoulder was released from the hospital, Houston Police said in a tweet just after 9:20 Monday night.
The tweet said, “UPDATE on our officers: one officer shot in the shoulder has been released. 2 officers in critical condition & 2 others are in good condition. None of them will be released from the hospital tonite. One of the officers sustained a knee injury & isn’t believed to have been shot”
Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said the officers serving the warrant announced themselves as HPD officers as they breached the entrance to the home.
Upon breaching the door they immediately came under fire. Four officers were hit by gunfire.
Two suspects were shot and killed by Houston Police officers.
“We are sick and tired of having targets on our back. We’ve had enough folks. We’re out there doing our jobs every day risking our lives… Please, enough is enough. Please pray for these officers,” said Houston Police Officers Union President Joe Gamaldi.
Chief Acevedo said the investigation began when they got calls from concerned neighbors who did not want people dealing drugs, including black tar heroin, in their neighborhood.
“We will not tolerate drug activity in our city,” Mayor Turner said during the news conference.
A 50-year-old sergeant, 50-year-old officer and 54-year-old senior police officer who had been on the force since 1984 and shot before are among the officers who were shot. Another officer is 33 years old.
Shortly after the shootings which happened just after 5:00 p.m., Gamaldi tweeted, “We currently have 5 officers shot, all on their way to the hospital. One is being life flighted. On the way to the hospital, will update when I can.”
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Poster Comment:
It's not the first time that these Black Tar Heroin addict Badged Blue Gang Bandits have been shot up, yet they continue their Home Invasions, Armed Robberies and Kidnapping sprees.
If they'd just pay for their drugs like all the other customers do, it'd be a lot safer for these dumbasses.
These career criminals will never learn, shoot and scoot has become a way of life for them.
That moron Chief Art Acevedo used to be the Austin TX, PD chief a couple of years ago. He was on the Alex Jones show. Alex reamed him good for his criminal ways, and they finally got rid of him to the Houston PD. Ran him out of town.
