Suspect shot after fleeing traffic stop

Paper: Houston Chronicle

Date: Sun 12/21/2008

Section: B Page: 2 Edition: 3 STAR R.O.

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STAFF

A police officer shot a suspect in the shoulder Saturday during a foot chase that began with a traffic stop, police said.

The chase began about 2:40 a.m. after the officer pulled over a car in the 4600 block of West Tidwell, Houston police spokesman Victor Senties said.

The officer and his partner were taking the vehicle's three occupants into custody when one man broke loose, Senties said. The officer, he said, chased the man down Tidwell and shot him after he reached into his waistband and turned around in an aggressive manner. The man was taken to the hospital and was expected to survive, Senties said. The case is under investigation.