• Home
  • About
    • Authors
  • Articles
    • Archives
    • Chaplain
    • Crime & Controversy
    • Community
    • Cop Humor
    • Editorial
    • Op-ed
    • Gear & Technology
    • Investigations
    • Laws & Legal
    • Leadership
    • News
    • Officer Down
    • On Duty
    • Tactics
  • Network
    • Illinois Network
    • Minneapolis Network
    • Tulsa Network
    • Wauwatosa Network
    • Learn more
  • Training
  • Officer Privacy
  • Jobs
  • Contact
No Result
View All Result
Law Officer
Law Officer
No Result
View All Result

Texas deputy shoots carjacking suspect pistol whipping police K9

Texas deputy

(Lower Merion Township Police)

July 29, 2019
Law OfficerbyLaw Officer
Share and speak up for justice, law & order...

HOUSTON – A Texas deputy shot and killed a carjacking suspect who was reportedly beating a police K9 with a pistol after a foot chase Monday.

The dead man, who was not identified, was one of several males reported to have attacked and shot at a man before stealing his vehicle around 11 p.m. in Harris County, according to KPRC-TV, citing the sheriff’s office. The man whose car was stolen wasn’t seriously injured, officials said.

A deputy, who was in the area with a K9, spotted a vehicle matching the description of the stolen car just after midnight, FOX26 Houston reported, and engaged the men inside in a foot chase when the four suspected carjackers bolted from the vehicle.

1-Officer Involved Shooting: @HCSOTexas units responded to a carjacking call at 14101 South Pacific, where victim was shot at. A vehicle description was put out and a deputy located the possible suspects. Suspects ran on foot & Deputy gave chase around 14887 Woodford. #HouNews pic.twitter.com/QZl45REWpW

— Ed Gonzalez (@SheriffEd_HCSO) July 29, 2019

The K9 was the first to catch up to one of the men, who began to hit the police service dog (PSD) with a pistol. The deputy ordered the man to stop but he continued beating the animal, police said.

  • YOU’D BE SURPRISED TO LEARN WHAT A COP EXPERIENCES DURING A FATAL ENCOUNTER

“[He] began striking the K9 with a pistol, brandishing the weapon at that point,” Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez told KPRC-TV. “We don’t know if there was gunfire exchanged, but our deputy did fire at least a shot striking the individual and he was pronounced deceased.”

2-at some point during foot pursuit, shots are fired. K9 deputy discharged his weapon at a male & the male has been pronounced deceased at scene. A pistol was found. K9 Officer is ok. Three other males fled; one has been detained & two others are at large. A 2nd pistol found.

— Ed Gonzalez (@SheriffEd_HCSO) July 29, 2019

Police believed the suspect was in his late teens or early 20s, the station reported.

  • FORMER NYPD CHIEF JOINS THE CHORUS BLASTING DE BLASIO 

The sheriff’s office said they recovered a pistol at the scene and were also able to detain a second man. Two others remain at large.

The PSD escaped relatively uninjured in the encounter.

(Feature image: File photo courtesy Lower Merion Township Police)

 


Share and speak up for justice, law & order...
Tags: fatal shootingHarris CountyK9oispistol whipTexas deputy
Law Officer

Law Officer

Law Officer is the only major law enforcement publication and website owned and operated by law enforcement—for law enforcement and supporters of justice, law, and order. This unique facet makes Law Officer much more than just a publishing company, but a true advocate for the law enforcement profession.

Related Posts

Brian Burnette

Texas man charged with using hidden camera to record neighbor in shower

January 20, 2023
restaurant customer

Restaurant customer fatally shoots armed robber, returns money to patrons before leaving scene, police say

January 8, 2023
Alexander Valenzuela

Man receives 90 day jail sentence in shooting death of teen girlfriend

January 1, 2023
Hayward police

Northern California police release video of fatal officer-involved shooting following exhaustive foot chase of gunman

December 12, 2022
Breanna Miranda

Texas gas station clerk arrested after shooting man during argument

November 22, 2022
(Shutterstock)

Shooting Under Internal and External Stress

November 19, 2022
Load More

Latest Articles

Marine recruiters

Marine recruiters try to get members booted over vax mandate to rejoin

February 1, 2023
Sharaban K

Woman accused of murdering lookalike to fake own death, prosecutors say

February 1, 2023
Madison Russo

TikToker charged with conning people out of $37K with GoFundMe cancer scam

January 31, 2023
Israel Martinez Lopez

Illegal immigrant charged in third fatal Wisconsin crash in past two months

January 31, 2023
Roscoe Roy Jr.

Pennsylvania man repeatedly raped child, taped her to punching bag and beat her, police say

January 31, 2023
K9 Roni

Stunning video shows handler retrieving police K9 from patrol unit as tornado bears down on city

January 31, 2023
Load More

Weekly E-Newsletter

Subscribe—and get the latest news and editorials direct from Law Officer each week!

[newsletter_form type="minimal"]

JOIN THE FIGHT

BE COURAGEOUS

FIND MORE…

Law Officer

© 2021 LawOfficer.com

LawOfficer.com

  • Home
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy Policy
  • Corrections
  • Contact

Speak up for justice, law & order

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • About
    • Authors
  • Articles
    • Archives
    • Chaplain
    • Crime & Controversy
    • Community
    • Cop Humor
    • Editorial
    • Op-ed
    • Gear & Technology
    • Investigations
    • Laws & Legal
    • Leadership
    • News
    • Officer Down
    • On Duty
    • Tactics
  • Network
    • Illinois Network
    • Minneapolis Network
    • Tulsa Network
    • Wauwatosa Network
    • Learn more
  • Training
  • Officer Privacy
  • Jobs
  • Contact

© 2021 LawOfficer.com