Suspect Arrested in TABC Agent Shooting

Updated: Monday, 14 Sep 2009, 2:13 PM CDT

Published : Monday, 14 Sep 2009, 2:13 PM CDT

HOUSTON - Police have arrested a man who they believe was involved in the shooting of a Texas Alcohol and Beverage Commission officer outside a southwest Houston hotel.

Santos Soto Diaz, 23, has been charged with aggravated robbery and conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery and is scheduled to appear in court on Sept. 23.

Investigators say Diaz and another suspect tried to rob a jewelry salesman on Friday afternoon outside the Hilton Garden Inn at the 3200 block of Sage Road.

TABC officer Michael Sehon, 40, was working an off-duty security job for the jewelry salesman and was inside a car as the two masked suspects approached.

A Houston Police Department spokeswoman said on Friday that the suspects broke a window and threatened the officer with a gun pointed at his head.

Sehon was shot in the left leg above the knee and was taken to Memorial Hermann hospital but was later released.

Police say Sehon, a 5-year veteran of the TABC, was able to shoot at Diaz who was struck in the arms and back. The other suspect left him at Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital to be treated for the injuries.training as regular police officers.