3 Suspects Shot In Separate Incidents
Harris County Sheriff's Deputies, Houston Police Involved
POSTED: Monday, January 18, 2010
UPDATED: 8:26 am CST January 18, 2010
HOUSTON -- Three suspects were shot by area law enforcement officers on Sunday and Monday, KPRC Local 2 reported.
The shootings happened hours apart and in different areas.
One of the shootings happened at the Green Tree Place Apartments on Dunson Glen Drive near Darbydale Drive at about 11 p.m. Sunday.
"There happened to be two officers working an extra job here in uniform when they heard shots fired," said Janie Alvarez-Wagner of the Harris County Sheriff's Office. "They went toward the sound through the courtyard and happened to see two black males running towards them. The deputies ordered them to stop and that's when the deputies observed that the suspects had weapons."
One of the deputies fired six shots, wounding one of the suspects in the thigh.
The other suspect got away. A detailed description of him has not been released.
Deputies found three guns and a bag of marijuana at the scene.
Investigators said the gunshots the deputies heard were related to a home invasion, but no details about that have been released.
Deputies were also involved in a shooting on Village Bridge near Winter Blossom in northeast Harris County at about 10 p.m. Sunday.
Investigators said the deputies were following up on a case when something went wrong and a deputy shot a suspect.
The suspect was taken by helicopter to Memorial Hermann Hospital. His condition was not released.
The third shooting involved two off-duty Houston police officers who were working security at a nightclub on the North Freeway near Aldine Bender Road at about 2:45 a.m. Monday.
Police said a man pulled out a shotgun and pointed it at a vehicle another man was sitting inside.
The officers told the man to drop the gun, but he didn't, officials said.
Both officers fired and wounded the man an undisclosed amount of times.
The man was taken to Ben Taub Hospital in stable condition.
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