Deputies' gunfire wounds suspect

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Sun 01/10/2010

Houston Chronicle, Section B, Page 2, 3 STAR R.O. Edition

At least one person was wounded Saturday when two Harris County deputies fired their weapons during a chase.

Deputies were dispatched to the 10200 block of Wortham around 2:45 a.m. to look for men knocking on apartment doors, said Deputy Janie Alvarez-Wagner, a spokeswoman for the Harris County Sheriff's Office.

A deputy ordered a male and female suspect in a vehicle to show their hands.

"At that time, the driver hits the gas pedal and takes off and comes towards both deputies," Alvarez-Wagner said.

Two deputies fired their weapons, but the driver did not stop. When the officers caught up to the vehicle, a foot chase ensued.

A deputy with a canine found and arrested the man, who had a gunshot injury on his wrist.

The woman fled the scene.

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